Have you ever seen something so wrong that you couldn’t rest until it was made right?
For Lavonda Wright Myers of Powder Springs, Georgia, the answer is yes. She and her son were going out for dinner one night when her son spotted someone he knew from school jogging down the side of the road.
Jayden Sutton is a senior at Cobb County High School who holds down a 40-hour job at a nearby restaurant. Every weekday, he works from right after school until about 10:30 p.m. Because he doesn’t have a car, the teen has to walk 5 miles both to and from work, so sometimes he doesn’t get home until after midnight.
Woman Gifts a Car to High School Senior Who Walked 7 Miles Each Day to 40-Hour-Per-Week Job
A deserving high school senior has been gifted his very own set of wheels after a woman found out he was walking 7 miles after classes, every day, to attend his 40-hour-a-week employment at a restaurant.
“I knew if I had to walk to work every day to get a car, that’s what I was going to do,” Cobb County, Georgia, twelfth-grader Jayden Sutton told Fox 5 Atlanta. Lavonda Wright and Jayden Sutton at the Nalley Honda, Union City, dealership on Jan. 14, 2021. (Courtesy of Lavonda Wright)
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A teenager from Georgia who spent months walking several miles a day to get to work has a brand new car and it s all thanks to one woman s act of kindness.
Jayden Sutton, a high school senior from Cobb County, made the trek on foot each day from school to his job at a restaurant and then back home, WAGA reported. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The teen was determined to work and make enough money to eventually buy his own vehicle, as his mother was recently laid off and her car was totaled several weeks ago.
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A Georgia teen who walks miles every day receives a new car from a good samaritan. The woman started a fundraiser to raise money to help the teenager go to work each day.
According to WAGA, Jayden Sutton walks from his school to his restaurant job every day. After his shift, he also walks back home to save money. He is working so he could buy his car using the money he earned from his job.
Walks from school to work to home
Recently, the high school senior from Cobb County s mom got laid off from work. Apart from that, his mother s car was totaled many weeks ago. He told the outlet that he is walking to work each day to buy himself a car.