Every once in a while in the middle of an ordinary life, fate hands you a sweet deal. For senior Kary Sullivan, that deal was a free trip to Europe. “It’s like a movie!” Kary said. While working as a waitress at Bob Evan’s, Kary noticed a woman sitting alone with a large map of Paris sprawled out on her table. Making small chit chat while she worked, Kary asked the woman where she was going. Upon learning that she was going to Paris, Kary mentioned that she really had wanted to attend the trip to Spain this June along with North’s AP Literature teacher Kim Rastberger. “She asked me ‘if you could go, would you?’” Kary said. “I told her I would but that my family couldn’t afford it.” The woman, now known as Elizabeth, offered to pay for Kary’s trip to Spain. While Elizabeth’s
daughter was in high school, Elizabeth was undergoing
breast cancer treatments. She went to the
school to ask for an extension on the payment for
her daughter’s choir trip to Disney World only to
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Sullivan receives inspiring gift
Published: May 11, 2011
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