Did you hear that a Boy asks for donations to give to disabled veterans instead of birthday presents?

2015-09-24T09:37:54-04:00

Did you hear that a Boy asks for donations to give to disabled veterans instead of birthday presents?

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BRAZIL, Ind. (Sept. 23, 2015)-- Adam Jay Perkins II, 8, has a birthday request that might be a little different than wishes of other boys his age.
The Van Buren Elementary second grader is asking all of his friends to skip the presents and give a gift to veterans.

"My mom asked me if I wanted to do a charity and I said, 'Yes,'" he said. "She said, 'Do you want to do Disabled American Veterans?' I said, 'Yes, my dad's a veteran.'"

Boy asks for donations to give to disabled veterans instead of birthday presents

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Sep 24 at 2015 9:40 AM

2015-09-24T09:40:11-04:00

Awesome kid!

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 24 at 2015 9:40 AM

2015-09-24T09:40:19-04:00

I'll bet his dad is proud of him.
He sounds like my kind of kid.

Response by SGT Forrest Stewart made Sep 24 at 2015 9:44 AM

2015-09-24T09:44:14-04:00

Great kid!

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Sep 24 at 2015 9:44 AM

2015-09-24T09:44:41-04:00

And this is why I love working with people! In all the craziness of the news and posts about what Obama has done wrong or what Trump might do or what Ben Carson did to put his foot further in his mount of which emails Hilary sent from which server, this kid has demonstrated that there is still hope for humanity. More often than not, adults could learn a lot of kids, if only we stop for a second to listen to what they are saying. Be kind, be truthful, help each other out not because you'll get some great reward but because it's the right thing to do. Put others ahead of yourself. Kids are some really smart people, it's only when those kids grow up and enter the dog-eat-dog world that these simple concepts are lost by some.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 24 at 2015 9:47 AM

2015-09-24T09:47:35-04:00

Awesome boy! Good kid!

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Sep 24 at 2015 10:19 AM

2015-09-24T10:19:44-04:00

No I had not heard that news COL Mikel J. Burroughs. That seems like the actions of a very thoughtful child who was probably raised in a loving home.
I it is nice to know that there still are schools where children can communicate freely with their classmates about desires to help others - including disabled veterans.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Sep 24 at 2015 10:25 AM

2015-09-24T10:25:43-04:00

Parenting done right. It is great that he has a sense of what it means to serve. It is great that he is giving back at his age. Just when I think there is no hope for humanity, I read something like this, and there is hope for the future.

Response by SGT Scott Bell made Sep 24 at 2015 10:28 AM

2015-09-24T10:28:43-04:00

No i did not

Response by SFC Terry Fortune made Sep 24 at 2015 11:07 AM

2015-09-24T11:07:34-04:00

A very fine young man.

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Sep 24 at 2015 11:18 AM

2015-09-24T11:18:38-04:00

Very selfless and wise young man...

Response by CPL Brian Clouser made Sep 24 at 2015 1:51 PM

2015-09-24T13:51:26-04:00

I have ..I'm speechless His parents should be proud of him

Response by PO1 John Miller made Sep 25 at 2015 2:06 AM

2015-09-25T02:06:17-04:00

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great kid whose parents raise him right. Maybe a future veteran too!

Response by SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter made Nov 16 at 2017 2:45 PM

2017-11-16T14:45:33-05:00

What a wonderful and amazing kid!

Response by SPC David Willis made Nov 16 at 2017 2:50 PM

2017-11-16T14:50:30-05:00

If we could get 300 vets to give up a dollar we could get the kid an xbox or something.

Response by SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter made Nov 17 at 2017 12:07 PM

2017-11-17T12:07:27-05:00

The kid has a good heart let's hope it's contagious and the politician's catch on. A little off subject but I think the government should do a heck of a better job caring for Veterans. That should be this country first order of business when it comes to providing services and assistance to any group of people absolutely no offense intended to anyone. I am so sick and tired of hearing so many lying politicians say what they are going to do for Veterans. Then they back door us screwing us out of something we deserve. My question is why are there so many homeless veterans? When the peace treaties are negotiated and signed. The fight and war isn't over for the Veterans it continues. However politicians can easily agree on spending trillions of dollars sending us into battle. Then why can't the politicians come to their senses and agree on spending billions taking care of the Veterans? As politicians they don't have to be brave to send us into battle. The ones that go into battle are the braves ones putting their lives on the line to ensure we have a free nation . However the politicians should have some decency to see that we get what we deserve when and if we return and not have to fight our own government for it. This shouldn't be a partisan issue when it comes to looking out for Veterans.

PEACE!