In 2017, the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital opened a new building, which overlooks the football stadium. It wasn’t long before a fan suggested a plan to cheer up the children who were in the hospital. To this day, for every home game, the “Hawkeye Wave” is performed at the end of the first quarter. At that time, the crowd, players, officials, broadcasters, and staff all turn to the hospital and wave to the children. Even the opposing team and fans join in the tradition.
Every day, a mall security guard goes to the parking lot and helps a 94-year-old WWII veteran retrieve his wheelchair from the trunk of his car so he can enjoy coffee and times of fellowship with his friends in the food court.
In hopes of giving back to her community, and encouraging others to do so as well, Olivia Johnson is suggesting that people call, or go by, a local school and pay off one or more of the overdue lunch accounts and then add $10 to the balance.
At the recent Vidor vs. Lumberton football game, one of the Vidor players was injured. While he was being treated, the Vidor team huddled up and began praying for him. Soon the Lumberton team went across the field and joined in praying for the injured player. Jarrod Brown said, “The parents of these young men should be very proud. Life is bigger than a single game and this should be a reminder of that.”
Laura Montgomery’s family attended the high school football game to watch the game and her oldest son, Parker, march and play in the band. After the game, while Laura was visiting with a friend, she noticed her son Pierson picking up the trash that their fans had left at the visiting stadium. His brother, Pryce, soon joined him in the task. By the time they needed to leave, most of the visiting team’s stands were cleared of trash.
May we each be willing to do our part to make life easier and better for others.
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
1 Timothy 6:18
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