Paying It Forward

Courtesy: A Soldier For A Soldier

This week's salute goes to nine-year-old, Brenden Haas, who's paying it forward in a big way. He's always loved to play with toy soldiers. With that, he's also become fascinated with real life soldiers and has developed a deeper respect for them. With the help of his mom he created a Facebook page, called A Soldier for a Soldier, and posted a toy soldier in hopes of trading it for an all expenses paid trip to Disney World for a fallen soldier's family. 

He received many tempting offers from people right away but he soon got what he wanted. He then put the names of families he had come across on the Facebook page in a hat, chose one, and surprised that family with the trip. Disney found out about what he did but, when they gave him a trip of his own, Brenden said he's going to give it to another family of a fallen soldier instead of keeping it for himself. I think we can all learn something from this incredible act of kindness! 

Way to go Brenden and keep up what you're doing!