High school students raise more than $270K to help elderly custodian who had to unretire

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High school students raised more than $270,000 for their school's custodian, Mr. James after learning he had to unretire and work again to make ends meet.

CALLISBURG, TX --

High school students raised money for their school's custodian, James Gailey, known as Mr. James, after learning he had to unretire and work again to make ends meet. "He shared with me that his rent within a year has gone up nearly $400, and he just couldn't afford to continue paying without going back to work," said Callisburg High School Principal Jason Hooper."At first, the goal was $10,000, and we know that $10,000 isn't anything these days, but we're just hoping that whatever we can get might give him a little bit of cushion, a little bit more comfort," Callisburg senior Marti Yousko said.

"When I saw him in a hall, it broke my heart because nobody at 80 should be working. They should be living the rest of their life," Callisburg senior Greyson Thurman said."It gives me faith in humanity because with all the evil things going on around the world, we need something like this to happen, and it really regained my faith," Thurman said.

 

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