For Kenyon kids, a pat on the back is elementary
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KARE 11's Boyd Huppert, of course, has found another angel walking among us and, as it turns out, he owns a bus company.
He's Jon Held, who has the bus contract for the Kenyon-Wanamingo School District.
When the kids get off the bus in the morning, he's there to give them hugs. He's there when they get out of school, too.
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“I really enjoy giving,” Jon says. “People take enough in their life, but it’s so much more fun to give.”
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“He finds out who might not have a merry Christmas and purchases gifts for those kids,” says the school's principal. “I have never been in a place where I have seen such hands on involvement from a bus owner.”
“I want to take care of them and I want the families to know that their kids are always going to be safe, because I’m going to always be watching them,” Jon says.
