MyFox
 

gimini210's Blog

by gimini210 from Independence

Last Post 9 hours Ago


Small Town With Lots Of Heros
May 10, 2008 | 5:10 PM
Category: News
Report This Post

Featured On: MyFoxKC

Now this is a true story of a small town and how several families going threw the same crunch we are reached into their pockets and dealt out a few hundred or so to help a senior whose mother has a very bad heart and can't work, his father died a few years ago, and they live on a very small income. Needless to say she had to choose either his prom or his cap and gown for garduation. She chose the cap and gown because that is all she could afford so he could not go to the prom. He was too embarassed to tell this to any one so he claimed he just didn't want to go. But a group of families figured it out. One bought him a suit, one paid for his ticket, and one paid for his girlfriends, while another rented the limo for her son and his friends to go to the prom which included this child. This was done because they saw in his eyes the real pain he felt and it reached out to them.

Now none of them are rich, none of them have secure jobs, all of them have their own children to worry about, yet they all reached down and gave so one child could remember his last year of school with fond memories. Now they didn't save the world, write a novel, or make front page news, but they are all heros because they saw a need and met it without embarassing the child, or his mother. It was an extra ticket, a suit the wrong size and  extra seats in a limo and a girl with a ticket who didn't have a date. It was a night to remember for a child who needs good memories. It was a community taking care of it's family. Even the ones who are not related.

15 Comments |  Add a Comment

Member Comments Total Comments: 15
Page 1 of 1
BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
May 10, 2008 | 7:33 PM

Wow, I hadn't heard this before, but I LOVE it!!! I can't believe schools charge for caps and gowns? Mine never did...
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 10, 2008 | 7:52 PM

You don't live in a town of less than 1000, they don't own them you have to rent them or buy them. And not every one can. And I had to buy my sons cap and rent his gown for graduation. I guess it is where you are from.
BeStrong read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 6:12 AM

Its refreshing to hear stories such as this. And I graduated in a class of 80, never knew anyone just rented the cap and gown. It was well over a hundred dollars when I purchased mine.

Gimini-- you are very articulate and love reading your stories! Sometimes its like a good book you cant read fast enough.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 6:30 AM

His mom had to rent one and she did, she can't afford to buy one. And there are places you can rent the gown but you have to buy the cap. The reason I do not give the name or the town is they would know who I am writing about. It only takes one.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 6:31 AM

And thank you. I try to add a few good things to a world of crazyness.
BeStrong read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 6:43 AM

Thanks! If I had your abilities I would do the same.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 7:29 AM

Hey it is what has happened in my life and still is. We need to know the world we live in is full of good things not just bad. And hey Mayberry is still alive.
BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 10:59 AM

My school must have rented them, but not pass the cost onto us... My schools were in KCK, which does have more than 1,000. I'm glad the small town I'm in has about 3,000 now, and will increase by the time the youngest graduates in 7 years. I'm sure we'll have to fork over some kind of fee for the gown AND getting the paper for the diploma!
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 11:38 AM

but small towns are so nice.
cherokee316 read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 10:31 AM

Sounds like a place I'd like to live.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 12:23 PM

If everyone moved here would it be a small town? There is no WalMart nor Kmart and only 2 stop lights. The people at the bank know you and if you are looking for a car go there first cause they know who is selling what where. It is a nice place to live and so reminds me of when I played in the park and no one had to watch me because every one did.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 12:24 PM

By the way the boy danced all night and has not wound down from the excitement and joy. Yes this is a good town.
redhotz read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 11:52 PM

Your story tugged at my heart strings. It's great that these parents pulled together for this young man and his date. Too many times events such as Prom have become a show and a who can out do the other. It breaks my heart that those who may suffer the most can often go by the wayside. Our middle school parent teacher organization for instance sets aside funds for an annual trip for the kids who earn a trip to Worlds Of Fun at the end of the year for the kids who can't afford the fee (which usually is less than $20, but to some that is a large amount) our PTO also sets aside monies for our 8th graders who can't afford to purchase the 8th grade t-shirts. This is yet one more reason we brought our children back to our hometown from the big city we lived in on the East Coast. We learned so much living in a city of 1 million plus, versus 10thousand plus. I encourage every person reading this, no matter what size community you live in to keep your eyes and ears open. I may seem brash when I say this but there's something to be said about helping out a young person in need as opposed to putting out donations and sending money overseas at every whim when asked. Invest in our youth, they are our future. Even the smallest gesture can make a giant difference to a young person.
redhotz read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 11:52 PM

Your story tugged at my heart strings. It's great that these parents pulled together for this young man and his date. Too many times events such as Prom have become a show and a who can out do the other. It breaks my heart that those who may suffer the most can often go by the wayside. Our middle school parent teacher organization for instance sets aside funds for an annual trip for the kids who earn a trip to Worlds Of Fun at the end of the year for the kids who can't afford the fee (which usually is less than $20, but to some that is a large amount) our PTO also sets aside monies for our 8th graders who can't afford to purchase the 8th grade t-shirts. This is yet one more reason we brought our children back to our hometown from the big city we lived in on the East Coast. We learned so much living in a city of 1 million plus, versus 10thousand plus. I encourage every person reading this, no matter what size community you live in to keep your eyes and ears open. I may seem brash when I say this but there's something to be said about helping out a young person in need as opposed to putting out donations and sending money overseas at every whim when asked. Invest in our youth, they are our future. Even the smallest gesture can make a giant difference to a young person.
gimini210 read my blog view my photos
May 13, 2008 | 6:29 AM

It is the small things that set a child on diffrent paths. It is the hand held out that lifts the drowning person so every kindness creates a kindness.
Page 1 of 1


Write your comment below:




gimini210

I am a mother of 5, have 10 grandchildren and one greatgrand child. I have lived all over the US and love to sit on docks and fish. Waiting for the big one. I love my family and a good joke, reading and painting. My siblings all think I need to be taken care of as do my children and I'm the oldest so don't know why. I watch Fox 4 News because you are about the fairest all around on T.V.

Member Since: 6/28/2007


 

View All Photos


RSS: XMLWhat is RSS?