Barstool Fund gives boost to help small business recover from ‘darkest times’: Portnoy

Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that the boost to help small businesses recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was ‘rewarding.’

“It’s been, obviously, a rewarding thing and, hopefully, we don’t have to go back into it with everything that’s happening,” Portnoy told co-host Brian Kilmeade. But anybody we can help, one business, two businesses, it changes their lives. Not just the lives of business owners and their families, everybody around the community. It’s been a super rewarding program, no doubt about it.”

Portnoy said the beauty of the program is that the small business owners got their money “quickly.” Portnoy also noted that the donations weren’t a “one-time payment”; they stuck with the businesses month to month.

“We spoke with these people every month, checked in with them,” Portnoy said. “And the best part is getting the e-mails and letters from the businesses who say, hey, we don’t need…

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