Whitman Elementary School fourth-grader Aaron Glennan led the project to cheer up Ryland Ward, 5, of Sutherland Springs, TX.
Whitman Elementary School fourth-grader Aaron Glennan recently approached Principal Ray Anderson with an idea for community service. At church one Sunday, Glennan heard about a 5-year-old boy, Ryland Ward, who was injured by gunfire during the Sutherland Springs, TX, First Baptist Church shooting.
Glennan asked Anderson if Whitman, as a school, could participate in the Christmas card writing campaign to cheer up Ward, whose only Christmas wish while recovering in the hospital is to receive the cards.
Whitman has certainly done its part. All cards and postage fees are being paid by Glennan’s mother’s employer, Del Val Pools and Spas, in support of his wish to bring cheer to someone many miles and states away.
