Kids got a new pair of shoes

Every year at this time, the local hospital donates pretty generously to one of my lower-income schools. Today, I got to see a bunch of kindergartners with beat up shoes be handed a gift bag with a new pair picked especially for them. Their teachers had nominated these students in particular for needing a new pair, and while I wish parents would step up and maybe postpone some cigarette and alcohol purchases in order to meet their children's needs, at least someone is watching over them. Also, watching twenty five-year-olds march down the hall in a surprise brand new pair of shoes is adorable.