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Hey guys, welcome back to Way to Go Wednesday here on Tweed Trends. Today's episode is all about giving. So let's get started. So our first story starts off in a Starbucks in Ohio, where a lady by the name of Mackenzie wanted to pay for the coffee for the person behind her line, whose name is McColl.
Well, little did she know it, McColl was down on her look. She had come there saying, you know what, dog, nothing has been going right. I'm going to treat myself to a coffee today. And what?
Now somebody is treating her to a coffee. How awesome is that? But what was going on? McColl's father had just passed and he was the babysitter for her kids.
So now she was finding that she was going to have to become a stay-at-home mom because she just didn't have it like that to pay for someone to watch her children. So story gets even better as it goes along. McColl realizes that Mackenzie lives a couple of doors down from her. She sees her pulling to her driveway.
So I was like, oh man. So what does she do? She writes a thank you letter to her, puts it in her mailbox. So then Mackenzie gets the letter.
Oh wow, how cool is that? She writes a letter back to McColl saying, you know, I'm so glad that I was able to help out today. And hey, how about this? Let me offer to babysitter kids.
How crazy is that? So now let's start off as just an act of kindness. Now looks like these girls might end up being friends. So now where Mackenzie is gift to Nicole, well something that just about any of us can do, this next one, you might have to budget for this.
An anonymous donor in Kentucky decided that she wanted to give all of the teachers in the Kentucky School District a $100 bill. And the teachers were blown away. Now this particular county, Pendleton County Schools, there's only 143 teachers in that school district. However, giving each one of them $100, that's still $14,300.
That's a pretty compassionate gesture to say, wow. But what it is is that the donor said that she just wanted to do something for the teachers to let them know that there's somebody out there that has their back and supports them and what they do every day because she recognizes that they give so much more than what they're compensated for. And you know what? Amen to that sister.
As a teacher, I get it. I know it. I live it. You don't get everything you need.
And they're like, well, you're a teacher. You should have supplies at the school. Well, guess what? You don't get everything that you need.
And you do have to come out of your pocket for different things throughout the school year. Sometimes it's stuff in your classroom. Sometimes it's stuff for your students who don't have, like, you know, their parents don't have a whole lot of money and they might not have paper. They might not have pencils.
And then that's when the teacher steps in because do you fault the child for not having something and then make it seem as if they don't know anything? No, you give them something and say, hey, now let me help you. Let me help you learn. So I think this is an awesome, awesome donation that this anonymous donor has given to this Kentucky School District.
And I mean, kind of gives us all something to strive for. And then donate to a school district. So now don't get me wrong. It's not all about the big bucks and large donations.
What Mackenzie did was great too. But sometimes it's just a matter of keeping your eyes open and seeing what's going on around you. For instance, a gentleman in Rochester, New York, his name is Luther Younger. His wife of 50 years, Waverly, has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
And currently she's in the hospital. So what he has decided to do is that he's going to visit her every day that she's in the hospital. And that's so sweet. That's awesome.
Now he doesn't have a way to do this. So he walks to the hospital every day. He's a pain or shine. But let me give you a little bit more background on this.
The hospital is six miles away. So he's walking six miles to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. But let me give you a little bit more background. Luther Younger is 98 years old.
Now they have a daughter and she has offered and volunteered to be like, hey dad, I will take you to the hospital. Give me a chance. Let me get there. And he is like, you know what, he gets too antsy.
And he's just like, now I've got to go. And we'll just go ahead and walk, rain or shine. Well, people had their eyes open. They were paying attention and saw that this 98-year-old man was walking six miles to the hospital to see his wife.
Oh my gosh, first off, that's beautiful, that's love. But then on top of that, because of that, people noticed and started to go fund me page for them. And in one day, they raised over $20,000 in donations. How crazy is that?
But that's just the giving, the love, the kindness of people. And so you know what, I wanted to start this whole way to go Wednesday thing because I feel like sometimes we just need to be reminded that there are good people out there. And stories like this from GoodNewsNetwork.org, they help give you that feel good little hug, that feeling, and make you realize that you know what, the world is going to be alright. Alright guys, thanks for joining me on another Way to Go Wednesday here on Tweet Trends.
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So I'm not going to give you any other suggestions other than just take your cat to the vet, okay? Make sure that he's alright. The second thing is that it's national tooth fairy day. How crazy is that?
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So consider checking them out, maybe give them a donation. I don't know. Alright guys, thanks for joining me once again, and I will see you tomorrow. Bye.