the attention i'm not used to it i don't
think that i've done anything worthy of
distinction
to warrant the attention this is henry
darby
a walmart associate by night stocking
shelves on the graveyard shift
from 10 pm to 7 a.m but he has a day job
too a tough one at that good morning
how you doing as a beloved principal of
north charleston high school in north
charleston south carolina
well then put your jacket on please do
not go in that building without your
jacket on
covet 19 has really placed a damper
on the personal relationship because at
north charleston high school we do
express the three hours
rigor relevance and relationship
everybody knows that
i'm hungry when i see my student come
here boy come here child
come here give me a bigger meet him at
the door off the buses
you got problems here come here give me
a hug anyhow i'm just that type of guy
he's also the kind of guy who knocks on
a student's doors
after school and on weekends to check in
a student body who has 90 percent of
their families living below the poverty
line
the pandemic hitting his community
especially hard
i get a little emotional because um
when you've got children you've heard
sleeping under a bridge
or a former student at her child
sleeping in a car
or when you go to a parent house because
there's problems and you
knock on the door there are no curtains
and you see a mattress
on the floor
and these people need and i wasn't going
to say no and
at my age you know we don't ask for
money we just don't
you just go ahead and do what you need
to do and
mr darby did that night shift at walmart
it's for them every paycheck every dime
all of it goes to helping his students
in need
he has done so quietly not even telling
his manager at walmart
about his d job even before we knew
there was something special about him i
would be so happy to have mr darby for
as long as he will
have us as a part of his family and
beyond
his endurance almost superhuman walking
what must
be miles through his high school
hallways during the day
and stocking what looks like miles of
shelves at walmart at night
it's shocking to everyone but his
students because
they know that's just the kind of man he
is
he's ready to help anybody he's
impacting the
community in a very special way he's
there when you least expect it
but when you need him the most mr
darby's only request
of his students whom he calls his
grandchildren
is to pay it forward it's quite simple
simplistic just learn to help
others that is one of the greatest
things that we could do in terms of
human beings simple yet powerful words
from a man who knows that one person
might not change the world
but they might change the world for one
person
and that can make all the difference
i am an optimist but i'm also a
determinist
i know that it's going to get better
i know that these times will not always
be with us
i know that my students will not always
be in poverty
i know that because that's what we
are america makes it better
for everybody
amen amen to that and i am so honored to
be standing here
with principal henry darby and the
students of north charleston high school
and here's the thing about mr darby mr
darby
isn't just the principal here you you've
been here your whole life
this isn't just a job this is your
community that's correct sir
first question principal derby when do
you sleep
ah i find some sleep on saturdays and
sundays
but but during the week i try to sneak
in two hours during the day
during the week i should say at least
two before i go to work at night but you
seem so refreshed
um i do the very best that i can let's
let's talk about this drive
to do so much good in the world where
does that come from
i think i got from my mother who
indoctrinated me at a very young age to
help others that has always been the
case and not only
did i have to help others i had to help
others without charging them anything
from washing windows to visiting old
folk homes to cutting grass
i was not allowed to charge i had to
just give back to my community sir
tell me about this this special high
school north oh my incomparable sir
these students they are the best of the
best we love them dearly my faculty and
staff
my assistant principals my executive
director mr trevor stroderman and my uh
superlative uh superintendent dr
posterweight the
support here yes just phenomenal sir
have you been surprised
at how this story is really taken off
once word got out that
there was this principal in north
charleston who was working overnight to
help his students
story goes viral folks started sending
help as i understand it were you
surprised at all about that well mr
melvin i tried to keep it as esoteric
as possible sir but it just didn't it
leaked out
and this is beyond my greatest
imagination so i never thought so i
tried to keep the secrets positive
didn't think this would happen sir it
speaks volumes to the kind of guy that
you are that
your boss at walmart she didn't even
know
that you you were principal by day
cynthia come on in here this is cynthia
solomon hi
cynthia's the the store manager at the
uh at the walmart here in north
charleston again walmart
uh came to us when they heard about this
story and they they wanted to do
something special cindy
what's what's in the bag hi well i have
something very special for mr dar
because he's a very special individual
you're awesome and we appreciate you
here at walmart for all that you're
doing and
to serve your community thank you miss
allen thank you so very much ma'am
you have to open that on tv principal
darby you gotta oh my put that and read
it
what does it say and turn it around oh
what does it say it says paid to the
order of
north charleston high school 50 000.
thank you thank you thank you thank you
thank you
oh my god what do you think mr darby
i'm having a hard time hearing it
what's that what what do you think mr
darwin oh
this is i mean this i i'm speechless sir
and that's not my calling so i just
can't find the adequate words to
describe but thank you so very much this
is going to go a very very long week
with our students here
thank you so very much very much to my
walmart associate to the family
thank you all so very much thank you
thank you you're doing god's work
yes that's right that's my question i
mean
now that you've got the 50 000 are you
gonna you're gonna leave walmart are you
gonna keep
uh absolutely not sir i'm gonna stick
with walmart as long as ms solomon
allows me to work sir i hope to continue
working at walmart
and you're still going to make sure all
that money that you're you're earning
oh yes sir that's the definition yes sir
it really is a remarkable story
thank you very much thank you very much
what do you think about your principal
thank you all thank you thank you i um
guys you know here's the thing
especially in the midst of this pandemic
you know we've been highlighting
uh teachers and principals who who've
been teachers and principals all over
the country who've been going
above and beyond but mr darby you might
take the kick so it's been our honor to
be here with you this morning
thank you for letting us see a part of
your story and we want to wish the
very best for the students here for your
community and for all the teachers as
well
and we're going to have much more coming
up from here uh in north charleston on
the third hour guys
craig ah isn't he something yeah
we are joe mr darby we are standing up
for him
what an incredible wins 20 21 already
oh my gosh i mean when you're
complaining about you're too tired and
yeah yeah
think about mr darby think about him
investing everything he has
including the including his sleep
exactly
into those kids and what that means to
them far beyond even
financial and seeking no credit for it
doing it for those kids maybe other
companies will step up and help them out
over there too mattress company
who knows yeah so wow craig thank you
what a story we won't forget it
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