The water crisis in Flint, Michigan hits home for Brandon Carr. The Cowboys cornerback was born and raised in Flint. He has friends and family still living in the city.

MLive.com reported Tuesday morning that the Community Foundation of Greater Flint said Carr is donating $100,000 to create the Carr Cares Fund for Flint and $10,000 for the Safe Water Safe Homes Fund to help with replacing pipes and plumbing.

Carr hopes others will follow his lead in giving donations, which can be done here.

"I am especially concerned about the children of Flint who now, because of lead poisoning, face tremendous adversity for the remainder of their lives," Carr said in a statement. "I call upon everyone including my fellow athletes across all professional sports leagues to do the right thing and support these kids for long-term through the Carr Cares Fund for Flint."

Carr's off the field efforts led to him being the Cowboys' 2015 nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award. A player from each team is nominated for their positive impact on their community. San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin won the award earlier this month.

"I think he's a special guy," Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said after Carr was nominated. "I think he's just an outstanding person both on and off the field. He's a great example to the rest of our players about how to go about it in a professional manner. Very involved off the field with a variety of different charities and, again, a very good example to the rest of us for how to conduct your life outside of football."