600 Volunteer Mentors Show Up For 'Breakfast With Dads Day' At Middle School
Billy Earl Dade Middle School had 600 male volunteers show up for their "Breakfast With Dads Day" event. Organizers had asked for 50 male stand-ins for the breakfast to encourage students without a father figure to take part, and they were met with a groundswell of support from the community.
Kristina Chäadé Dove, who works for Big Thought, a nonprofit youth organization that was partnering with the school, used Twitter to crowdsource volunteers for the event beginning in early December. "Please share! Men needed!" she tweeted. "On next Thursday, December 14th at 8:30 am at Dr Billy Earle Dade Middle School we will host 'Breakfast with Dads'. The reality of a great event like this is a lot of our kids will not have a dad present."
Dade MS needs Males! Please share and text 214-284-1589 to confirm your participation and receive more info! pic.twitter.com/yDVcAybnVg
— Kristina Chäadé Dove🇬🇭 (@KristinaCDove) December 4, 2017
"We are need of at least 50 or more additional male mentors who can devote one hour of their Wednesday morning next week to this cause".
The event, attended by 150 male middle school students, was inundated with adult male volunteers and had to be relocated from the school's café to the school's gym in order to accommodate its many guests.
Family and a sense of community are just two of the many reasons everyone should be eating breakfast — together!