Mysterious Secret Santa Motivated Students to Raise $8,000..

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Mysterious Secret Santa Motivated Students to Raise $8,000 Just to Give it All to Those in Need.

A Phoenix elementary school teacher organized a “Secret Santa Club” to teach children about the value of kindness and giving, using a hit CBS News story of a wealthy businessman who gives out money around Christmas time as an inspiration.

Derek Brown, the teacher, uses the “On the Road” segment with Steve Hartman as a teaching tool, but it was the Secret Santa story that always resonated the most with students.

Speaking for the class, student Nicholas Talamantes remarked that he can’t believe anyone does this sort of thing.

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So, for the 2023 holiday season, Brown organized the students into a giving gang, wearing uniforms of red plaid shirts and caps, and instructed them to call local businesses and organizations to ask for money for their own Secret Santa project.

“I want this memory to be so strong that it now drives them every day, in everything they do,” Brown told CBS News.

What a great teacher, inspiring his students to not just think of themselves. Couldn't watch the video as the uploader chose not to make it available in my country.

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They then tracked down the people most in need in the city, like one resident who had been out of a job for 1 week, or another who had recently been diagnosed with cancer, and handed them a big smile with a side of $100 cash.

The unfortunate people will hopefully never forget their acts of kindness. What a wonderful idea and well done to all involved. Good one Joy

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Spice one of the best lessons the teacher could have taught them to not just think of themselves.

Emerald it was a wonderful idea for sure.