“I never get this kind of treatment,” Lilly Bryant said. “I’m always on the go.” Bryant was the lucky mom whose name was drawn for a day of pampering at
Staff Writer
The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Paula Mullenax, left, representing the Randolph County Homeless Shelter, accepts a donation check for $520 from fourth-grader Laila Cade, 9.
ELKINS Anyone looking for kindness and selflessness in today’s children need look no further than to a 9-year-old Elkins girl, who without the urging of anyone, took it upon herself to brighten the lives of many people she doesn’t even know.
Laila Cade, a fourth-grade student at Highland Adventist School, told her mother, Danielle, that 2020 has been rough for everyone and that she wanted to do something to help others. So Laila decided to make a Christmas box and take it to her school to collect some pantry items for the Randolph County Homeless Shelter.