Destrehan junior Malachi Dabney is best known for what he can do on the football field, especially with how the standout running back scored seven touchdowns in a rivalry win against Hahnville last month.

Or with the way he ended his football season as the District 10-5A offensive most valuable player.

His desire off the field is to make an equally large impact.

Thanksgiving begins the period of the year when Dabney will ask for non-perishable food donations so he can personally make deliveries to those in need.

He hosted a food drive for the first time last year and made what he said were “three or four” in-person deliveries to homes in St. Rose.

At each home, he knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it.

“I was a little nervous because I never did nothing like that

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