Ex-NFLer Aaron Maybin raising money to heat Baltimore schools

Former NFL linebacker Aaron Maybin is stepping up to help several Baltimore schools that are currently operating without heat.

Maybin, a 2009 first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills who now teaches at Matthew A. Henson Elementary in Baltimore, tweeted a video Wednesday of him talking to some of his students about the conditions at the school. One student can be heard saying they had frostbite a day earlier.

Maybin told Fern Shen of the Baltimore Brew that half of his school has been without electricity since students returned from the winter break.

"I'm told it was due to nobody being there during the holidays to make sure the heat stayed on and pipes didn’t freeze," Maybin said.

He and others have set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to purchase space heaters and outerwear for students.

"How would your kids concentrate if you sent them to school in a refrigerator for eight hours? With failing lighting. Two classes in one room?" Maybin said. "We tried our best as educators. They tried their best as scholars. But they are dealing with a lot already. And now they are supposed to learn in the dark and in the cold."