The Goodness of America
Pools for Kids
When San Antonio resident Todd Arredondo noticed children being teased after a Facebook photo showed them enjoying a makeshift swimming pool in the bed of a pickup truck, he decided he would do something. He started a campaign called “Pools for Kids,” wherein people can donate funds to struggling families to help them install a pool for their children.
MySA reported on June 29 that the Facebook photo, which has since been deleted, featured several children playing in a “pool” that they created in the bed of a pickup truck to try and keep cool on a hot summer day. It reportedly provoked other users to mock not only the children, but the neighborhood in which they live.
“[Commenters] were poking and making fun of the family,” Arredondo told MySA. “Everyone was laughing and putting down the West Side.”
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