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A teacher to the end makes a final request
From https://www.11alive.com/article/life/a-teacher-to-the-end-makes-a-final-request/85-567076049
A teacher to the end makes a final request
Forsyth County teacher Tammy Waddell was truly a teacher to the end.
Author: Michael King
Published: 2:38 PM EDT June 24, 2018
Updated: 4:39 PM EDT June 24, 2018
Forsyth County teacher Tammy Waddell passed away from cancer earlier this month and at her funeral, many people honored her final request: that instead of flowers, people bring backpacks full of school supplies for students in need.
A tweeted photo of the chapel filled with backpacks went viral and was viewed more than 1 million times, all over the world.
About 100 other teachers who had taught alongside Tammy over the years stood as honorary pallbearers. They carried the filled backpacks out and back to their schools to those students in need.
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Forsyth County teacher Tammy Waddell was truly a teacher to the end.
Author: Michael King
Published: 2:38 PM EDT June 24, 2018
Updated: 4:39 PM EDT June 24, 2018
Forsyth County teacher Tammy Waddell passed away from cancer earlier this month and at her funeral, many people honored her final request: that instead of flowers, people bring backpacks full of school supplies for students in need.
A tweeted photo of the chapel filled with backpacks went viral and was viewed more than 1 million times, all over the world.
About 100 other teachers who had taught alongside Tammy over the years stood as honorary pallbearers. They carried the filled backpacks out and back to their schools to those students in need.
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I'm sobbing right now after reading this....I've been substitute teaching for the past three months and I can't believe how hard these teachers I've been around work....with hardly ANY acknowledgement...
My God, they are heroes....And that this teacher requested this....
