The Goodness of America
Reddit to the Rescue
Five-year-old Jonas Holloway loves manta rays and ocean creatures of all kinds. When he asked his mother, Tiffany, for a stuffed manta ray for his fifth birthday, which was August 16, his struggling mother knew she couldn’t afford to buy one, so she used her sewing skills to make him one. She was so proud of how it turned out that she shared the photo of the finished product on Reddit. Her post quickly became the number-one post on the online forum and inspired an outpouring of kindness from the community far and wide.
Tiffany Holloway had posted on Reddit on August 2 to explain her soon-to-be five-year-old wanted a stuffed manta ray for his birthday. Jonas, whose hero is Steve Irwin, loves sea animals, but for his single mother, purchasing a new one simply was not an option.
Holloway told the Washington Post she had just $2 in her savings account, and the cheapest stuffed manta ray she found was $20.
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