We have angels that live among us that do acts of kindness for our communities, and one of those angels is real estate agent Andrew Levy.<\/p>\n
Over 400 Palm Beach County students in need were able to have their lunch debt paid off this week through his generous donation, which all started after he saw a mother pleeing for help on social media.<\/p>\n
Angie Vyas-Knight, who helps manage the \u2018Jupiter Mamas\u2019 Facebook group, made a post asking for people to donate to help cover the nearly $1,000 owed in lunch death for students in the florida town.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeacon Cove Elementary was up to $90, Independence Middle was over $100,\u201d she said, reading over the totals. \u201cI very much believe in the power of helping other people. It matters to me to help make other people\u2019s lives better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soon, it reached Levy’s screen. He then said it was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really believe it\u2019s simple acts, simple gestures,\u201d he said. \u201cThe thought of a fairly small sum being able to rectify that situation and clear the debt of all these families so the children could eat warm meals is really what got me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead of waiting for others, he went ahead and paid in full. He did this in hopes that others would soon follow suit.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people said they\u2019d like to help and I thought, you know what \u2014 it\u2019s going to be too difficult to gather these people together. I\u2019m going to clear the first debt.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Vyas-Knight found out about the donation this week, she was moved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s amazing that with all of the trouble and bad things you hear about on a daily basis, that you can still look in your local community and find someone who is willing to give back and to enrich the nature of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
It’s already helping out students in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of her students was so excited in class because she got to tell her teacher that she finally got a hot meal this year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n