The Allen family needs your help.

To those of you who do not know Dude and Elisabethe Allen, known as Coach Dude and Coach E to their students, they are two vital members of the Auburn community and they are currently facing eviction from their home alongside the loss of their gym, Red Wolf School of Martial Arts.

Coach Dude and Coach E have shown themselves to be caring beyond measure, beyond being coaches they have provided a shoulder to cry on and a listening ear to many students both old and new without hesitation or judgement.

They truly care for each and every member of their school and they go above and beyond to provide for the Auburn-Opelika community as well. In recent months they opened as a warming center during the extreme cold of snow days, along with having a year round food pantry and free feminine hygiene products for all in need. Through their gym they provide self defense lessons at very low cost and free lessons to anyone who has experienced violence, stalking, or harassment with no questions asked. In every way they truly embody Red Wolf's motto, "the pack has your back".

This is why myself and other students at Red Wolf are now asking you to join our pack and help us have their backs. We ask you to please consider donating to this cause, to help people who have poured their hearts into the Auburn-Opelika community for years.

Coach Dude and Coach E have fallen into hard times, and are now facing major uncertainty, this fundraiser is to help them back onto their feet as they have done for so many others.