Texas dad confronts his son's bully, and his heart turns compassionate

Aubrey Fontenot's 8-year-old son Jordan was being bullied at school. Fontenot spoke with school officials about it several times, and from them, got the feeling that the bully himself was in need of help. When the bully stole Jordan's phone, Fontenot had enough.

He contacted the bully's mother and learned the truth: the bully was himself being bullied by other children because he didn't have clean clothes or shoes. The family was homeless and struggling. 

Moved by the family's troubles, Fontenot decided to spend a day with the boy. He took him shopping, and bought him some clothes and shoes. They talked about morals and self-respect, and what it takes to transition from a troubled childhood into a man of character. Fontenot even set up a GoFundMe page to help the homeless family get back on their feet. 

Jordan and his bully met face-to-face at Fontenot's tattoo shop. The boys have reached an understanding, and have even played video games and gone to a Houston Texans game together. Fontenot wants more people to reach out to those who are struggling. As he said, "We all come from different backgrounds but we all share the same goal of success." 

This third-grader used his Make-A-Wish for a school pizza party

When the Make-A-Wish folks in South Dakota asked Javier Amos what he wanted, they might have expected the usual: a trip to Disney World, a meeting with a favorite celebrity. Instead, the 9-year-old gave a response they'd never gotten before. He wanted a gigantic pizza party for his school.

Javier is now in remission in his battle against leukemia, and he wanted to celebrate with all his friends. And did they ever celebrate!

Javier and his family arrived at the party in a police car, sirens wailing. With the entire student body chanting his name, Javier walked through a tunnel of friends and supporters who cheered and waved signs with congratulatory wishes. After the pizza, the kids partied for two hours with a bounce house, laser tag, an inflatable slide,
zoo animals, and games. 

Javier was definitely the teacher that day.

Kindergartner empties piggy bank to buy milk for classmates

Five-year-old Sunshine Oelfke of Michigan was emptying her piggy bank onto the floor when her grandmother, Jackie walked in. Jackie knew Sunshine was saving up her money (for a snowmobile!) so she asked why she was taking money out now. Sunshine said, “I’m going to take it for milk money for my friend Layla. She doesn’t get milk — her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do."

Jackie was touched by Sunshine's kindness and decided to investigate. She learned that Layla is one of about 10 students in Sunshine's Kindergarten class who cannot afford the $0.45 carton of milk cartons at snack time. And the school cannot provide them for free - if each child is that one class were to get just one carton of milk per day, the total cost would be about $180 per month.

Jackie set up a GoFundMe account, hoping to raise the money needed to pay for milk for the whole school year. To date, over $6000 has been raised, exceeding their goal. 

All because of a child's kind heart.