For one young child, his bus driver is his hero.
Kentucky bus driver Larry Farrish Jr., 35, went above and beyond to help a first-grader named Levi at Engelhard Elementary School cheer up after he had a bad day Friday, Feb. 9, according to public school news agencies of Jefferson County set free.
Farrish Jr., 35 said Today that when he came to pick up the little boy he was depressed, which was not like him, so he asked him about it.
“Usually when I pull up, he’s standing there waiting for me with a big smile, but this day he was sitting on the ground with a jacket over his head,” Farrish Jr. said. “I asked him, ‘Hey buddy, what’s going on? What’s wrong?'”
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Then the little boy, who had a “face full of tears”, told him that he didn’t have any pajamas, so he couldn’t participate in Pajama Day.
“I thought, ‘I’ve got to fix this,'” he said Today, adding in a press release: “I was so hurt. It just wasn’t my Levi and I wanted him to have a good day. No child should miss something as small as pajama day.”
Larry Farrish Jr.
Jefferson County Public Schools
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After he finished the tour, Farrish Jr. he decided to stop by the local Family Dollar store and buy “several pairs of pajamas in different sizes” for the boy, according to the school. He brought his pajamas to the school office and asked the staff if they could call Levi.
“He really turned the whole Friday around, for him and for me,” he said in a press release.
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Levi said in a statement that he was grateful to his bus driver for doing a good deed. “I can tell Mr. Larry is nice and his heart is filled with joy,” he said. “Usually I’m very happy, but not on pajama day… When he brought me pajamas, I cried happily.”
Farrish Jr. he became a bus driver seven years ago after working as a corrections officer and truck driver, and he said Today that it is the job that has so far fulfilled him the most.
“They become my children after they leave their parents,” Farrish told school officials. “I make sure they get to and from school safely, but I also try to bring some kind of joy into their lives.”
After Jefferson County Public Schools shared what happened on social media, Farrish Jr. said he was inundated with several “touching” messages from the community. He said several people have even reached out to him to let him know about the impact he’s had on their own children’s lives.
“That people were actually able to find me and reach out to me for such a small gesture made me cry,” Farrish Jr. said. “It’s a good feeling to know that I’ve made an impact on a child’s life.”
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