Henry Darby, a high school principal in South Carolina, USA picked up an overnight job at Walmart to help students when he learned that students at his North Charleston High School were in dire need of financial support.
Mr Darby works at the retail chain from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. stocking shelves, though not every day. Every paycheck goes toward helping his students, whom he affectionately refers to as his grandchildren.
Some of these students slept under a bridge or in a car after falling on hard times. The high school principal got emotional as he described going to the home of one teenager and seeing a mattress on the floor.
About 90 percent of the students body at North Charleston are living below the poverty line. The community was hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Darby said his only request of his students is that they pay it forward and help others. He said he learned about the importance of giving back as a child from his mother.
To honor the principal, Walmart surprised him on the \”TODAY\” show with a $50,000 check for his school. Darby said the donation will \”go a very, very long way for his students\”.
