The river of bad news and poor policy-making by public officials rarely slows down, but now and then comes a story that helps renew the spirit.
Compassionate strangers from across the country have banded together and donated more than $17,000 to support a handicapped Cary boy who had his cash stolen Thursday when he was raising money for a wheelchair basketball event.
A flood of donations from $5 to $500 have poured in since Friday to help 12-year-old Nolan Turner bring the experience of playing wheelchair basketball to Briarcliff Elementary School. More than 450 people have donated nearly $18,000, far beyond Nolan’s original goal of $1000.
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2012 At 6:45 am, Eric M. Weaver, Sr. Said:
His mother is a friend of mine, and is a wonderful girl. It is just shameful what that guy did.
But it does lift one’s spirit to see how people from all over – the proverbial 1000 points of light – have taken up the cause with a vengeance.
And Cary PD *WILL* catch the guy at some point.