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Samuel Quarkoo is a waiter at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland, where he

has worked since 1975. He is also a part-time teacher in the area. A native of Ghana, where he

walked barefoot to school, he immigrated to the U.S. through the generosity of an aunt and earned a master's degree in teaching.

In 1999, after telling some of his students about the plight of students in Ghana, they decided to

donate money to buy school supplies for them. Quarku then chose to continue sending supplies

to three schools in his native land. For years, as the Washington Post

reports, he quietly bought backpacks, paper, and crayons on his own, and shipped them to school administrators.

Then his friends and neighbors found out. Though Quarku has been furloughed from waiting tables since

March due to the pandemic.

Club members still donated $19,000 to his efforts this year.

The funds were used to buy supplies for nearly 2,000 students.

The generosity is incredible.

The club has been like a second home to me, Quarko said.

The members all have such big hearts. The difference

they've made for the schoolchildren in Ghana is inspiring. According to one donor, however,

the difference is Quarku. His heart is right in front of you. You can see his soul when you meet him.

We heard repeatedly in 2020 that it was year unlike any in living memory.

It seems that 2021 is beginning in unprecedented ways as well.

A man hiding from police in a church bathroom shot and killed the pastor Sunday morning

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