6. Everyday Heroes – Students

Today is the second installment of everyday heroes! I’ll be sharing stories about students giving back to their educators. If you listened to the first edition of everyday heroes, episode 3, I talked about teachers doing the most loving things for their students. Today, we’ll learn that kids are incredible givers, too. Maybe even the best givers! A quick note that some of the stories I’ll share today have videos that accompany them. You can find those videos here!

Top Left: Gabrielyn Watson and Peter Frank embrace

Top Right: Ice cream money for Mr. Lawrence

Middle Left: Jose Villaruel and Steve Nava

Middle Right, Top: Nathan Neidigk

Middle Right, Bottom: Kay Wistrand and students

Bottom Left: Danny Beatty

Bottom Right: 1955 Petition from Beatty’s students

Show Notes:

Go Fund Me for Mikey Neidigk: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mikey-neidigks-medical-bills

Go Fund Me for Jose Villaruel: https://www.gofundme.com/f/2b320zi4dc?qid=b7b01ce0faf38555a9be9fd792392b8a

EPISODE SOURCES:

https://www.11alive.com/article/life/heartwarming/substitute-teacher-living-car-27k-check-former-student/85-fcea014c-2fb5-4d7a-abe4-4d08e01f5577

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past-26381703/

https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/why-a-retired-anacortes-teacher-kept-a-piece-of-paper-for-more-than-60-years/