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05-31-12, 09:21 AM #1
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Boy wins trip to Disney, gives it to fallen soldier’s family
Boy wins trip to Disney, gives it to fallen soldierA 9-year-old Massachusetts boy who earned an all-expenses-paid Disney World vacation through an innovative Facebook experiment gave the trip away to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Brendan Haas created the "Soldier for a Soldier" Facebook page in February. Inspired by the story of the guy who, through a series of trades, turned a paper clip into a house, Haas started with a toy soldier and eventually traded up to $900 worth of Disney gift certificates, airfare and hotel credits.
On Memorial Day, Haas gave the trip to the family of U.S. Army Lt. Timothy Steele, a 25-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan last year. According to NBC's WHDH-TV affiliate, Haas pulled the name of Liberty Hope Steele, the fallen soldier's now-2-year-old daughter, out of a hat and surprised the Steele family at their Duxbury, Mass., home.
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That is a wonderful story
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Everytime I'm ready to give up on today's youth as being a bunch of selfish , whinny , me first self-absorbed jackasses you hear about some kid like this and gives me a glimmer of hope for the future.
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we need more like him
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That, my friends, doesn't happen too often. We need to embrace it when it does.
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05-31-12, 11:48 PM #6
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And it continues. Good job son. Keep it up.
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06-01-12, 01:29 PM #7
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I read this story last night and was touched by the young man's gift to the family of the fallen soldier.
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