I should have wrote about this a couple of weeks ago, but it is a pretty busy season. The other day a co worker was telling me how today's youth are just not the same as when he was young, The same old, kids to day are lazy, uncaring ect.
Well this is not one of those stories. My son, Ronnie (six years old) get an allowance of 5 dollars a week. He earns this by helping out around the house and doing his homework. For the 4 weeks prior to this event he had saved every penny. On the way to his swimming lesson we saw a "Toys for Tots" van. My son said he wanted to be Ronnie Claus and give a gift to a girl and boy. He wanted a Barbie for a girl and a Transformer for a boy. When we went to the Giant Tiger after they were out of the toys he was looking for, so he settled on a ZUI ZUI pet drive in for the girl and Finger skateboards for the boy, proudly walked up to the counter and paid for his purchases. The "Toys for Tots" van was at the local Leon's, he marched up tho the girl in charge and handed over the toys. When the girl asked if he bought the toys, he smiled and said "Yep" and turned to leave.
As it turned out she worked for a local radio station. In the end she was so impressed after I explained that it was indeed his allowance money he saved up. That he is now able to take his mommy and daddy out for dinner with the gift card she gave him. It was an added bonus for an act he did not expect anything for, except the name Ronnie Claus for a day. Not bad for one of today's youth.
Well this is not one of those stories. My son, Ronnie (six years old) get an allowance of 5 dollars a week. He earns this by helping out around the house and doing his homework. For the 4 weeks prior to this event he had saved every penny. On the way to his swimming lesson we saw a "Toys for Tots" van. My son said he wanted to be Ronnie Claus and give a gift to a girl and boy. He wanted a Barbie for a girl and a Transformer for a boy. When we went to the Giant Tiger after they were out of the toys he was looking for, so he settled on a ZUI ZUI pet drive in for the girl and Finger skateboards for the boy, proudly walked up to the counter and paid for his purchases. The "Toys for Tots" van was at the local Leon's, he marched up tho the girl in charge and handed over the toys. When the girl asked if he bought the toys, he smiled and said "Yep" and turned to leave.
As it turned out she worked for a local radio station. In the end she was so impressed after I explained that it was indeed his allowance money he saved up. That he is now able to take his mommy and daddy out for dinner with the gift card she gave him. It was an added bonus for an act he did not expect anything for, except the name Ronnie Claus for a day. Not bad for one of today's youth.