Bob Lyons

St. Paul knights Baseball and Football Coach

[Angela Bazydlo @abazydlo]

Congratulations to @EckerdBaseball players @Joeybaz2, Christian Cabina, Corey Hodierne, and Kam Gelwick!

[Ryan Richmond @ryanr14_]

Some good speed work today getting ready for spring ball
5’9 185lbs WR with 3 years eligibility left
At #1 Ranked JUCO in Southern California

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

“My name’s Walter. I’m the night custodian at Lincoln Middle School. Been mopping these halls for 11 years. Most folks don’t even know my name. I’m just ‘the janitor guy’ who empties trash and fixes broken lockers.

But I notice things.

Like locker 247. Every morning, I’d find food wrappers stuffed in the vents—candy bars, chip bags, cracker boxes. At first, I thought it was just messy kids. Then I realized someone was hiding food.

One night, I stayed late. Around 8 p.m., I heard the side door creak. A girl, maybe 13, sneaked in with a backpack. Went straight to locker 247, stuffed it with grocery bags, then left quickly.

Next morning, the food was gone.

I didn’t report it. Instead, I watched. For two weeks, same pattern. She’d stock it at night. By morning, empty.

Finally, I left a note in the locker:
‘You’re not in trouble. I just want to help. — Walter, the custodian’

Next night, she came to my supply closet, terrified.
“Please don’t tell anyone,” she begged. Her name was Sarah. She’d been sneaking food to three younger kids—brothers whose dad worked double shifts and forgot to buy groceries.
“They’re too embarrassed to ask anyone,” she whispered. “So I use my lunch money and… borrow from my mom’s pantry.”

My heart shattered.

“What if,” I said slowly, “locker 247 just… had food in it? And nobody asked questions?”

Her eyes went wide.

I started small. Spent $30 of my paycheck on peanut butter, bread, juice boxes. Left it in the locker overnight. By morning, gone. So I added more—granola bars, apples, crackers.

Then something unexpected happened. I found money taped inside the locker door.
$5 and a note: ‘I’m a teacher. I know what you’re doing. Here’s for more food.’

Then $20 from someone else.
‘My kid graduated from Lincoln. This school saved him. Keep going.’

Within a month, other staff knew. The nurse donated. The librarian brought canned soup. The gym teacher left his Costco card.
“Buy in bulk,” he said. “I’ll cover it.”

Locker 247 became legendary—but quiet. No announcements. No assemblies. Just… there. A place where hungry kids could take what they needed without shame.

Sarah graduated last year. Came back to see me during finals week.
“Walter, I’m studying social work now,” she said. “Because of you. You taught me something. Hunger hides in plain sight. But so does kindness.”

She handed me a photo. Locker 247—but at a different school. Across town.
“My college volunteer project,” she smiled. “We’re putting them everywhere.”

I cried in my supply closet that night. Sixty-nine years old, crying over a locker.

Now? Seventeen schools in our county have them. They call it The 247 Project.
Stock the locker. Ask no questions. Feed the invisible kids.

I’m just a janitor. I mop floors and unclog toilets. But I learned this:

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is notice.
And then quietly make space for dignity.

So look around—at school, work, your neighborhood. Someone’s hiding their hunger. Their struggle. Their shame.

Leave something behind.
Food. Money. Hope.

Locker 247 isn’t just metal and paint.
It’s proof that caring doesn’t need permission. Just action.

And it starts with seeing what everyone else walks past.

Let this story reach more hearts.”

~ Meredith Watson

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

"My name's Harold. I'm 68. I fix bicycles in my garage on Sycamore Street. Been doing it since I retired from the factory. Mostly kids' bikes, flat tires, loose chains, handlebars that wobble.

Parents drop them off, pick them up, pay me whatever they can. Five bucks, ten bucks, sometimes nothing. Don't matter to me. I just like fixing things.

Last summer, a boy rolled up with a bike held together by duct tape and prayer. Frame bent, both tires flat, chain rusted solid. Kid couldn't have been more than ten.
"Can you fix it?" he asked.
I looked at that bike. Should've gone to the dump years ago. "Where'd you get this?"
"Trash pile behind the apartments. I need it for my paper route. Gotta help Mom with rent."
Ten years old. Paper route. Helping with rent.
"Come back Saturday," I said.
I didn't fix that bike. I built him a new one. Used parts from bikes people donated, never picked up, left to rust. Spent three days on it. Made it solid. Made it safe. Painted it blue.

Saturday came. The boy's face when he saw it, I'll never forget that. "This... this is mine?"
"It's yours. Ride careful."
He hugged me. Rode off whooping down the street.

Word got around. Kids started showing up with trash bikes, broken bikes, bikes that barely rolled. They needed them for school, for work, to get to practices their parents couldn't drive them to.
I couldn't build new bikes for everyone. But I could teach them.

Started "Harold's Bike Workshop" every Saturday morning. Kids bring their broken bikes, I show them how to fix them. How to true a wheel. Replace a chain. Patch a tube. Use the tools right.
At first, they just wanted free repairs. But something shifted. They started taking pride. Learning. Helping each other.

The girl who couldn't afford new tires learned to scavenge parts from the dump, clean them up, make them work. The teenager who everyone said was headed nowhere rebuilt an entire bike from scraps, sold it, used the money to buy tools. Started his own little repair business.

Now? Thirty kids come every Saturday. My garage is packed. We've fixed over two hundred bikes. Built forty-seven from scratch.

But here's what matters, those kids learned they're not helpless. That broken things can be made whole with patience and work. That you don't need money to solve problems, just knowledge and willingness to try.
Last month, the boy with the blue bike came back. He's fifteen now. Rolled up on that same bike, still running strong.

"Mr. Harold, I saved enough from my route. Going to community college next year. Mechanic program. Because you showed me I'm good at fixing things."
He handed me an envelope. "For parts. For the next kid."

Inside was three hundred dollars in small bills. Years of paper route money.
I tried to give it back. He wouldn't take it.

"You fixed more than my bike," he said. "You fixed what I thought about myself."
I'm 68. I fix bicycles in a garage that smells like grease and old metal.

But I've learned this, teaching someone to fix their own broken things, that's not charity. That's dignity. That's power.

So teach something today. Anything. Show someone how things work. How to repair, build, create.
Because the world doesn't need more people fixing things for others.
It needs more people teaching others to fix things themselves.”

[Ryan Richmond @ryanr14_]

Some clips from my freshman year of college. Ready to get back out on the field and compete!

WR Looking for a home 3 Years Eligibility Left

[Assumption University Football @AssumptionFB]

#𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 Welcome John Walsh Karam to the Assumption Football Family!!

🏈WR
🏫St. Paul Diocesan
📏6’1
⚖️180

#DEAdvantage

[Bryant Baseball @_BryantBaseball]

Luke Delongchamp has been tabbed our Opening Day starter.

See you Friday at Davidson.

[Assumption University Athletics @GoAssumptionU]

Cody Smith named to the 2025 NCBWA Preseason All-Region Team

#LetsGoHounds #HoundNation #NE10EMBRACE #d2bsb #d2baseball

https://t.co/5lJPKYnA1r

[John Walsh Karam @JohnWalshKaram]

Had a great visit with @AssumptionFB ! Look forward to being back on campus
@CoachMcKenzie17 @EricLedogar @KASHDEFENSE

[Angelo Scavone @Scavone41]

@StPaulKnights football banquet.
•2x DPOY 🏆 🏆
•Worcester T&G Player of the Week 🏆
•School Record Holder🏆
>Most Rushing yards in a Season 🥇
>Most Rushing Yards in a Game 🥇
>Most Tackles in a Season 🥇
>Most Forced Fumbles in a season 🥇
@COACH_PAPAS @KevinFessette5 @tgsports

[John Walsh Karam @JohnWalshKaram]

Senior Season Non Qb highlights
Played two full games at Wr (rest at Qb)

22 Catches for 337 yards and 6 TD catches
2 punt Return touchdowns
2 kick Return touchdowns

@SaintPaulFB

[John Walsh Karam @JohnWalshKaram]

Vote John Walsh Karam for Central Mass player of the year!

https://t.co/zapARVKZ4A

[Angelo Scavone @Scavone41]

Scored 3 Tuddys!!! 🏈����🏈 and our @StPaulKnights are BISHOP’S CUP champions for the 1st time in school history!!! @COACH_PAPAS @KevinFessette5

[New England Outlawz 7v7 @NewOutlawz]

25 WR @JohnWalshKaram is probably one of the most underrated players in MA. Had 4 Tds last week, and 2 special teams Tds this week. Coaches check him out.

[George @BehizyTweets]

BREAKING: The RFK Jr. campaign just released one of the most BEAUTIFUL Trump ads EVER

It starts with a question to the voters asking, "Are you or your loved ones suffering from illnesses such as TDS, also known as Trump Derangement Syndrome?"

IT'S HILARIOUS AND PERFECT! 😂😂

[FloridaGulfCoastLeague @FgcLbaseball]

Congratulations to our 2024 All-Star Selections!

[Kevin Shea @3KevinShea]

Congratulations Brady!! Incredible 👇

[telegramdotcom @telegramdotcom]

'I wasn’t going to pass it up': Assumption's Cody Smith is making most of opportunity with Worcester Bravehearts https://t.co/5ZgSPxNSd6 @RichGarvenTG @SteveLanava @WooBaseball @tgsports

[Kevin Shea @3KevinShea]

I am so happy for Brady he put in a ton of work for this along with his coaches and teammates. As one famous football coach likes to say “it takes a year to put a trophy in the trophy case” I m so proud of the WORK Brady has put in & SACRIFICES he has made. It MATTERS to him!

[Bob Lyons @rxljr]

@tyleroday @RepJimODay Handsome Hawaiian