Josh Allen’s charity golf event raises $17M; fatherhood deepens his empathy

Josh Allen (File picture, AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Josh Allen is opening up about how fatherhood has changed him in a deeply personal way. After welcoming his daughter Harper with wife Hailee Steinfeld earlier this year, the Buffalo Bills quarterback says he now understands parents in crisis differently, especially those facing pain, fear and uncertainty with a child in the hospital.Allen shared those emotions during his annual “117 Holes for Charity” event, a grueling single-day golf fundraiser that helps support the Patricia Allen Fund for Golisano Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. The event recently helped the fund reach a major milestone: $17 million in donations.A speech that came from the heartIn a clip shared by his Like a Farmer Podcast, Allen grew emotional while speaking to families and supporters at the golf event. “Having my daughter... I look at you parents differently,” he said, pausing as he spoke. “Because I can picture myself in that situation now where I never could.”That was the part that seemed to hit him hardest. Allen said he could now imagine what it feels like to hold a son or daughter and want to take away every bit of pain they may feel. For someone who had n...