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Community pitches in for boy’s Christmas wish

“And are you on Santa’s good list?” the nice man shovelling snow asked the boy. “What do you want Santa to bring you?” “A PS4 and a bike. And an apron that has pockets, for memaw,” the boy replied.

“And are you on Santa’s good list?” the nice man shovelling snow asked the boy. “What do you want Santa to bring you?”

“A PS4 and a bike. And an apron that has pockets, for memaw,” the boy replied.

The nice man shovelling snow for seniors was Nathan Douglas.

He and the boy struck up a conversation while the boy was out with his great grandmother. The boy told him about his life. How his bike got stolen and how his parents weren’t around. That’s why his 78-year-old great-grandmother takes care of him.

Douglas decided that one way or another, the boy was going to have the Christmas he deserved and he told a friend about his conversation with the boy and put the message out on Facebook.

A local business took up the cause and started accepting donations for the small Christmas miracle and it only took a few days and the goal was reached.

“I shouldn’t be the one getting all this thanks it should be the ladies from Sizzlin’ Stitches that let donations get dropped off over there. It was my buddy Pete Byer that did most of the leg work,” said Douglas.

Byer wasn’t keen to take any credit either.

“I try to do what I can,” said Byer, who did pickups from the shop and did the bottle depot run with the donated bottles.

“I’m just happy to do it and I appreciate how the town came together like that. It’s really nice to see.”

Sizzlin’ Stitches and Custom Advertising owner Kayla Siebold downplayed her role in the story as well.

“I just provided the drop-off spot,” said Siebold. “They needed somewhere and it worked so I don’t really need any credit.”

“It was great. We had some bottles show up here and some cash. I don’t really feel like I did too much.”

They may think of their contributions as small, but all three combined, along with all those who donated did something large for the boy that day.

“There’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. That’s my thoughts,” Douglas said.

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