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Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

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Here's your host, Karina Belizzi.

Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause

marketer who's passionate about social good and sustainability. Today, I want to start by telling

you a little bit of a story. This was reported on January 30th, 2021, so just the last

weekend when I'm recording, by ABC 7 and North Charleston, South Carolina. Moved by a need to

help his students, a South Carolina high school principal took on a part-time job at Walmart and

donated his paycheck to those in need. Let's think about that for a moment.

A principal of a high school has started a part-time job. What was a straw that broke that

camel's back? What propelled him into action? Well, he tells the story, and I'll share the link

in comments to this show. In an interview on WCIV TV, he said, a couple of years ago, I had two students

who were females sleeping under the bridge. There was another situation where a former student of

mine and her daughter were sleeping in their car, and another situation where a former student

needed funds for her water and light bills. His name is Henry Darby, and he's been working at Walmart for two years already,

three nights a week, 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. to help students in need. He's paid that salary forward

to help ensure his students don't have to sleep under bridges or sleep in their cars,

that they have water flowing

and the lights on. His selfless efforts went viral when his students found him working at Walmart

and started to share the story. And the result was an outpouring in donations from the community.

Nationwide, over $100,000 has now been donated. Once his story went viral, well, guess what happened next?

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