With his family looking on, teacher Vance Reid thanks Mason High students and school staff for the gift of a wheelchair-accessible van.<\/p>\n
MASON “More than 2,100 Mason High School students and staff gave teacher Vance Reid and his family a standing ovation this morning as the family’s new, wheelchair-accessible van rolled into Dwire Stadium.<\/p>\n
Reid, whose 9-year-old daughter suffers birth defects and is wheelchair bound, was surprised earlier this week when he learned that a secret school fund-raising campaign started just last week had raised more than $51,000 to buy the new van.<\/p>\n
“I had no idea and I don’t know what to say,”\u009d said the tearful history teacher as he thanked the cheering crowd. “What you people have done “\u00a6 our family is so grateful and we’ll never be able to repay you.”\u009d<\/p>\n
Reid, who is also Mason’s wrestling coach, had mentioned in what he thought was a private conversation with a fellow staffer two weeks ago that his family was having problems paying for a van renovation that would allow them to transport his daughter Jordan. That staffer started the fund-raising campaign, which generated more than $51,000.<\/p>\n
Participating in this morning’s ceremony were NFL Hall of Famer and former Bengal Anthony Munoz and Mason Superintendent Kevin Bright as well as Mason’s students in grades 9-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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