Journal #42

One day, a boy named Sam was walking down the hallway, minding his own business. He rounded the corner to his next class when a bright yellow colored poster caught his eye. He stopped walking and paused to read it. The poster stated that a one hundred dollar prize would be awarded to the student who brought in the most canned goods for the local homeless center. Sam got really excited, he had been wanting to purchase a brand new video game but he did not have any money for it. He thought that if he won this competition, he could buy the new game. That night after school, Sam raided his house for extra canned good, he walked to his grandma's and asked her for her extra canned goods. He did not tell either his grandma or his mom that he was only collecting the cans to be able to buy a new video game because he knew that they would not approve of his intentions. Sam ended up with quite a few cans but still was not first in the school competition. The girl in first place always volunteers her time helping the homeless and serving soup at the local food center. Sam was mad because he knew that the girl would just "throw away" the prize money and give it back to the homeless. This gave Sam a new drive to find cans and went around to his neighbors houses and other family members to find more cans. The next day at school, was also the last day for the competition. Sam ended up winning! The girl shook his hand and told him congratulations, you earned it for wanting to help the hungry so much! Sam felt very guilty after this and could not bring himself to buy his video game after this. Sam went down to the homeless shelter and gave them his prize money as a donation. Sam ended up being a better person and giving the money to a better cause!