MSU's Trey Fort donates food, toys to those in need. 'Everywhere there's someone who needs it.'

LANSING — Trey Fort’s father didn’t realize his son had developed a desire to help those less fortunate until a few years ago, when Trey began to mention ideas he had — ideas like providing food for those in need, as he did Thursday evening in Lansing.

Trey had spent his childhood helping his dad and family help others — serving meals at homeless shelters, contributing to clothing and toy drives, feeding Hurricane Katrina victims who’d made their way up to Jackson, Mississippi, their hometown.

“I didn’t know he was paying attention,” Trey’s father, Jerry, said Thursday. “At some point I asked him, ‘Where did you get (these ideas) from?’ (He said,) ‘That's all we did. You raised me. I want to continue it.’ ”

That yearning to give was on display Thursday evening, as the Michigan State bas