Michael Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. He became the target of laughter, but there was little Todd could do. His mother simply couldn't afford to buy him new clothes.
Two of the kids laughing at Todd were Antwan Garret and Kristopher Graham, a pair of freshman football players. But over time, they realized that their words seemed to hurt Todd's spirit.
"I feel like I needed to do something." Graham says. So he and Garret made a plan. They went home and hunted through their own closets (橱柜). The next day at school, they met Todd at their third-period class and asked him to come into the hall. Todd was worried about being called out by the boys.
"He wasn't smiling, and I was like, I think this is going to make you smile," Graham says. "I told him, We're in the same third period, and I apologize for laughing at you. I want to give something to you to make up for it." He then handed Todd a bag. Inside were clean shirts and shorts, plus a brand-new pair of New Balance sports shoes.
Todd was blown away. "I was very happy," he says. "Shocked, completely." And Todd got much more than a new closet. Now, he no longer sits alone at lunch. He eats with his new friends, Garret and Graham.
Reflecting on the day Garret and Graham called him into the hall, Todd called it the best day of his entire life.
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