Only in the Hamptons, kids, only in the Hamptons…
Patriots owner Robert Kraft generously donated $10,000 to Texas flood victims in Southampton when he was strolling along and saw an opportunity to help out.
Said a spy: “Kraft turned heads in the Hamptons this week — not for football — but for a surprise act of generosity on behalf of Texas flood victims.”
The source further told Page Six that Kraft was walking along Main Street in Southampton after brunch at hotspot 75 Main, when he was stopped by Dan’s Papers co-publisher Vicky Schneps — who had just wrapped a press conference at the local Village Hall alongside a group of top Hamptons chefs and Southampton Mayor William Manger.
“Mr. Kraft — we’re raising money for families in Texas. Can you help?” Schneps called out.
Said our spy, “Kraft didn’t hesitate, pledging $10,000 on the spot to the Salvation Army’s Texas flood relief fund.”
“I’ve been a proud Jets fan for decades — but today, I’m officially a Patriots fan. Robert Kraft has a heart as big as Texas,” Schneps declared to cheers from the crowd.
The heartwarming moment came during the kickoff of a Hamptons-based culinary relief initiative that will continue at Dan’s Taste of the Hamptons on July 17, where a portion of proceeds from featured dishes will support Texas flood victims. There was even chili.
The devastating floods in the Lone Star State have already claimed at least 129 lives, with over 170 people still unaccounted for, and heavy rains and flash floods have returned, pounding Texas once more.
Kraft is known as a philanthropist: His Foundation to Combat Antisemitism created a $25 million “blue square” campaign, we’ve reported, as a “symbol of standing up to Jewish hate and all hate.”
In 2020, The Post reported, Kraft and his family spent $2 million on a 1.7 million-mask order during the COVID-19 pandemic to distribute the crucial supplies to Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island as the country grappled with the world’s worst recorded coronavirus outbreak at the time.
He’s also a generous Hamptons host. We reported this month that Kraft, 84, and his wife Dr. Dana Blumberg threw a starry Fourth of July party in the East End enclave where “Philadelphia Freedom” singer Elton John performed.
Guests at the party included Howard and Beth Stern, Jon Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Mike Tyson and his wife Kiki, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek, Van Jones, Michael Rubin and Camille Fishel and JPMorgan executive Mary Erdoes and John’s husband, David Furnish, among others.
A rep for Kraft did not immediately comment.
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