Selma teen's water sales for school supplies spark $500 donation and acts of kindness

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, August 1, Nathan Fernandez held a neon greenish poster connected Rose and McCall Avenues successful downtown Selma advertizing bottles of h2o for sale.

"I wanted to marque wealth for schoolhouse supplies and clothes," helium said.

Not conscionable for himself, but for his siblings arsenic well, with the proceeds going towards schoolhouse clothing.

A passerby noticed the 14-year-old with the motion and snapped a photo, posting it to a assemblage Facebook page.

Selma nonmigratory Isaac Garza went a measurement further, re-posting the photograph with this message:

"Hey, I'm going to beryllium going to Selma Ross successful betwixt 12 and 2 o'clock, is determination immoderate mode anyone would privation to donate to this cause," Garza said.

That led to a heartwarming response.

"Within 4 hours, we had similar 450 bucks," Garza said.

Garza added $50 of his ain earlier reaching retired to Fernandez and his household with quality of the $500 donation.

"I felt blessed... I felt blessed," Fernandez said.

The adjacent day, the brace spent six hours together, buying and learning astir each other.

"He's fundamentally retired present raising his ain money, which is cool, similar I said, he's 14 years old. He's got a large heart. He's got a large caput connected his shoulders," Garza said.

When it came clip to cheque out, the items totaled a spot implicit their fund but Nathan and Isaac were met with different enactment of kindness.

"Next happening you know, immoderate feline walks up down america and helium goes, 'Hey, is this the kid that was selling worldly to gain schoolhouse apparel and supplies? Like, 'Yeah, this is him.' 'OK, don't interest astir it, I got it," Garza said.

In the aftermath of that generosity, Nathan is present sharing his ain uplifting beingness lesson.

"Keep grinding. Keep hustling. Stay successful schoolhouse and enactment retired of trouble," Fernandez said.

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