Close Ad

Football Coach Learns Fatherless Kids Cannot Attend School Event - Steps in With the Best Response
football coach realizes kids without dads cant participate in 'fathers walk' - football team steps in
Uplifting News

Football Coach Learns Fatherless Kids Cannot Attend School Event - Steps in With the Best Response

When a local football team found out that many children without fathers would be left behind during the Fathers Walk, they decided to step up.

*Featured image contains photo by cottonbro

Sportsmanship is about more than just athletic prowess. In fact, it is all about the fair and generous treatment of others, including your teammates, rivals, and communities. You often see sports teams helping out during many neighborhood activities, bringing the utmost team spirit on and off the field.


Team spirit is what the Rangers football team from Lakewood High School in Ohio brought to an elementary school walk.

How a Football Coach Helped Kids Without Dads

man talking to children on a school field
Photo by Kampus Production

Tom Thome, who coaches football at Ohio’s Lakewood High School, makes it a point to always act as a positive role model for the kids on his teams. Not only that, but he encourages his students to act as role models for those around them.

RELATED: Blind Fan and His Cousin At Football Game Go Viral – What Happens Next Takes Them By Surprise

When Thome found out that the school district was organizing an annual'Father’s Walk,' where kids have their fathers walk them into school. However, he realized that there was a problem in their school district, and he looked to his football team to fix it. 

Thome overheard his football players discussing how they had to get home early from practice to babysit their younger siblings while their parents worked. He also understood that many of the children in the district came from single-parent homes, meaning that many young children would have nobody to walk them into school during the Father’s Walk.

How One Coach Proved His Love for All His Students

Thome decided that he would task his student athletes with filling in some of the parental role gaps that existed in their community. On the day of the Father’s Walk, members of his team were at every elementary school in the city ready to walk the fatherless children into class. 

RELATED: Football Coach Finds Out Star Player's Secret - Steps In With Best Response After Hearing His Story

Coach Thome’s love for his community shows in everything he does, and he makes sure that he passes his values to everyone he comes into contact with. He is grateful for the opportunity to give back to those who support the team, the school, and the kids he loves.

KEEP READING:

Only One Kid Comes to a 9-Year-Old’s Birthday - Until a High School Football Team Rushes in

be a mentor
“The most precious thing I have to give is my time." - Silvia Hartmann

Hot Stories

Leonardo DiCaprio Told Kate Winslet To “Let The Fat Girl Thing Go”
Leo Dicaprio Told Kate Winslet To “Let The Fat Girl Thing Go” …

Forced to feel ashamed for her weight and appearance, Kate Winslet struggled with her body image for years. The media loved to tease her for being “the fat girl,” but there was ONE PERSON who saw the real her. What did Leo see in Kate? And what important message does Kate have for young women everywhere?


Keep ReadingShow less
Videos
dave chappelle and wife elaine

Dave Chappelle may be one of the most popular comedians in the world, but to his wife Elaine, he's just Dave.

Chappelle had his big break with his Comedy Central Show Chappelle Show which ran from 2003 to 2005. The show was enormously popular and put Chappelle on the map. Chappelle’s Show was scheduled to have a third season after the success of the first two seasons but that never happened.

Keep ReadingShow less
Celebrities
41 Daughter Quotes That Will Touch and Melt Your Heart
daughter quotes

Having a daughter is undoubtedly a blessing. However, raising a girl with high self-esteem can be quite challenging. Between social media's filtered reality of perfect women and society's shifting expectations, parents face the daunting task of nurturing authentic self-worth in their daughters.

These carefully selected daughter quotes help provide a starting point. They're simple reminders that whatever accomplishments you may have to date, raising a daughter is probably your biggest one.

Keep ReadingShow less
Family