Her husband has played 108 straight games, the longest streak on the Bengals roster. But the number that says more about what Anna and Domata Peko have meant to their team and their city is 11
As in 11 straight Hometown Huddles, the annual NFL event the Marvin Lewis Community Fund partners with the United Way to help build a community staple for children and spark volunteerism.
“When we came here we had an 18-month-old,” says Anna Peko Tuesday morning, a daughter of Syrian immigrants now a Cincinnati mother and den mother to Bengaldom, talking above the buzz of helpers in gloves and hits on the radio blaring from speakers.