The principal of Harold L Richards High School in Oak Lawn, IL is walking for 24 hours nonstop to raise money for his students on New Year's Day.
The principal of Harold L Richards High School in Oak Lawn, IL is walking for 24 hours nonstop to raise money for his students on New Year's Day.It was a dreary start to the New Year outside Oak Lawn's Harold Richards High School."This is the best community to work in. I am blessed to have this job. I am blessed to have these kids," Jacobson said. "What these kids mean to me, I can't even say in words. They enliven me every day. They encourage me every day.
"It's a lynchpin for a student's success. Many kids would say, maybe, 'I wasn't going to go until I got that money.' Some kids would say, 'it allowed me to buy a book.' But, what it really does, it lets them know we believe in them," Jacobson said."Every time I get up here, it's really painful.
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