A Feel Good Friday thanks for a boy and his mom who are ‘a shining beacon of hope, faith and love’
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2020
- EastIdahoNews.com and Ashley HomeStore are teaming up every week to bring you some good news during Feel Good Friday!
We want to thank people in our community with random acts of kindness and leave you feeling good.
A few days ago we received the following email:
I work at the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission and to say we’ve been affected by Covid-19 would be an understatement. While requests for assistance have skyrocketed, both in our shelters and our nightly meal service to the homeless, unfortunately, food and financial donations have dropped as well as our ability to hold fundraising events.
So, it warmed my heart last week when Amy walked through our door with her young son and his wagon full of canned goods. I was overcome by this seemingly random act of kindness. However, I learned just how thoughtful and purposeful Amy’s gesture was as she explained to me, as we unloaded her son’s wagon, that she had taken it upon herself to organize a food drive for the mission by going house to house throughout her neighborhood collecting much needed canned food.
During these turbulent times, Amy’s kindness was a shining beacon of the hope, faith and love that exist in our community and I wanted to share this story.
We decided to thank Amy and her son, Avery, for their actions. Watch the video above to see their reaction!
Several food drives will be held Saturday as part of Scouting for Food. You can donate items here:
Community Food Basket
1895 N. Boulevard
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
Albertsons (Ammon)
1901 S. 25th E.
Ammon, ID 83406
Albertsons (17th)
590 E. 17th St.
Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Albertsons (Broadway)
1705 W. Broadway St.
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Sam’s Club
700 E. 17th St.
Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership
275 Stationary Place
Rexburg, ID 83440
The Giving Cupboard
153 N. 3900 E.
Rigby, ID 83442
Ririe Senior Center
395 Main St.
Ririe, ID 83443
Broulim’s Fresh Foods
124 W. Main St.
Rexburg, ID 83440
Amen!
One thing I love about East Idaho News is that they tell the good, wholesome, and uplifting stories in our community. People need inspiration......and the heroes within our own community need to be recognized and brought to light, especially during these uncertain times.
People need to know that that it’s not all bad.
Most other media organizations don’t seem to place emphasis on the importance of this nearly as much as East Idaho News. They are a huge asset to our community!
Thank-you!
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I have literally emailed my local news stations multiple times saying they need something like this for our area. I LOVE watching these videos
Donating to your local food bank, in ANY WAY, is easy to do and helps s-o-o many! Amy and her son will always remember the warm feeling they got from giving! 😊❤️
Finally a nice video. I am so tired of the nasty politics. Thank you for that.
Nate, thank you for also letting Avery have a chance to talk. He was part of the food drive and he was very thoughtful with his response. Letting them take the food in was a nice gesture. Good work all around!
That little kid was more excited to see the food Nate had in his car than for the pizza party. Good kid.
AWESOME work THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS
What a great Mom to instill a sense of community service in her young son. I loved how Avery seemed so at ease in front of camera.
Helping those hungry or in your community is such a beautiful message and lesson of act to share with our children! Thank you for sharing
What a great example for her son and others.
What a great kid. His mom is doing a great job raising him.
What a beautiful mother and son, inside and out!! Great job and wonderful role models!
Thanks for honoring them, Nate, EIN, and Ashley Furniture!!
Honestly, the more I watch of these Feel Good Fridays, it makes me want to move there... so many wonderful people!
We moved here 5 years ago and it’s been the best thing we have ever done!
God bless this family !
Thank you Nate, for recognizing Amy for her great work!! Amy your a wonderful person!! I love❤ these stories!! God🕊 Bless you Amy and your son!! Your wonderful people, for helping the people in need!! Thank you so very much!! God Bless America!! USA!!😊🙏❣⚘👍
That's what it's all about everyday share your kindness 💕💕💕💕
To Nate and all of the East Idaho News Crew and Clan, blessings from Portland, Oregon! Your videos highlighting amazing humans and that incredible Secret Santa have been saving our pandemic lives!
God bless you people for being so generous🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Good parenting.
What a beautiful Mom and son ❤️🙏🏻
That kid is going far in life.
Another great positive story. I really look forward to the Feel Good Friday segment each week. Thank you for these life lifters in troubled times!
World needs more of Amy's & her son & the people of East Idaho news ❣️ and of course Secret Santa 🎅 much blessings to you all.
Legends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful❤️❤️🙏🙏
What a precious son❤️ Mama you are a wonderful mom! ❤️❤️❤️. Bless you both!!!
Avery you are awesome buddy. Great work. Most kids your age are worried about the next new phone they can get their parents to buy, Avery you inspiration will help others to do the same.
💙Great job💜
I feel the need to succeed
I hope Secret Santa will send a guy to give Nathan a Christmas gift, too, for doing his job excellently. I suppose Nathan has also some material needs. Nice to see this happen someday and watch it at East Idaho News.
That's how a Mother should be , she brought up her Son properly. Plus she is a Secret Santa but not Secret anymore .
I love this kid!
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This is what I love about East Idaho News! Thank you for spreading positivity! Also, Amy and Avery are amazing examples of positively in action! Thank you as well!
LOVE!!
What a wonderful story.
more power and Godbless
An amazing family! 👏👏👏
Bro you got the the coolest job ! For years you been doing the Feel Good Friday and the Secret Santa.... Solid job Nate !
Kindness😷🙏🏻
Awww. Such an inspirational family!
This is awesome.
No one Social Distancing any more?
Kindness is also protecting others by wearing a mask. It saves lives.
If it's an N95, potentially, but if it's a cloth/paper mask, highly unlikely. They are not designed to stop the spread of a pathogen, only reduce the number of respirant particles.
This young boy could teach president trump a big fat lesson