carol

Retired teacher, horseback rider, beach lover, wife, friend to many, reader, chef.

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Someone called the police on a little boy in Hapeville, Georgia last week.

A neighbor had dialed 911 to report a kid going door to door in the neighborhood. Officer Colleran from the Hapeville Police Department was dispatched to handle the "disturbance."

When he arrived, he found a young boy, politely knocking on doors, hat in hand, asking if anyone needed their weeds pulled, their grass cut, or their hedges trimmed.

He wasn't begging. He wasn't causing trouble.

He was working.

Officer Colleran asked the boy what he was saving up for.

"A PlayStation 5, sir. But I don't want anyone to just give it to me. I want to earn it."

Let that sink in for a second. A child out in the summer heat, going door to door with a work ethic most adults would envy, because he wanted to earn what he wanted. Not ask for it. Not expect it. Earn it.

Officer Colleran, a gamer himself, knew exactly how much a PS5 meant to that kid. And he also knew something else, he was looking at a boy with more character than most people twice his age.

So he made some calls.

He reached out to a few friends, they pooled their money, and together they showed up with a brand new PlayStation 5 and a gift card for an online membership.

The boy who someone wanted removed from the neighborhood went home that day with more than a console.

He went home knowing that the right people are paying attention.

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