More White Hat Nominees

"Adrian Thomas, a drug store owner in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, decided to put an end to the selling of tobacco products in his store. Adrian's employees and family members loaded $2000 worth of tobacco from his store and took it to the parking lot to be burned. After the burning Adrian commented, 'You cannot put dollars and cents above good health.'"
Shonny Waters, Froid High School, Froid, Montana

"In Custer, South Dakota, a rancher bought $1,200 worth of clothes from a store that was going out of business and distributed warm shirts and sweaters to men at the Montana Rescue Mission. This clothing had retailed for about $3,600."
Tonya Olson, Centerville High School, Centerville, South Dakota

Robin Denison Squier teaches fifth grade in an area in Milwaukee where "children routinely sit on the floor at night to avoid being shot." She believes in challenge and argues that the lowering of standards harms children who need to be stretched in order to realize their potential and attain self-esteem. She acknowledges her inability to change the circumstances the children encounter after school hours , but despite the frustration that brings she continues to teach at a needy school because she knows her concern and skill does make a difference in the lives of these children.
Paraphrased: pp 25-26 Smith Alumnae Quarterly by Margaret Johnstone McDonough

"When one father of a student in Dallas, Texas found the number of students being caught with drugs rising dramatically, he volunteered his services as a security monitor during school hours. It did not take the children long to realize that he was serious. After a few weeks, the number of offenses in the school dropped dramatically."
Stephen Welsh, Center Christian Academy, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania

"Zachary Fisher, an 81 year-old business executive from Washington DC recognized that the military personnel in our country could not afford to send their children to college. He now pays the tuition, room, board, and expenses for 107 military sons and daughters across the country. Fisher chooses each student personally, based on their desire to help others in their community. He says, 'We make a living by what we earn, but we make a life by what we do for others.'"
Alysa Dawn Townsend, Newell-Fonda High School, Newell, Iowa