"It can already be tough growing up without a parent – let alone trying to finance your own way through college without parental help. That’s why Karl Winsness is lending a hand.
As a means of helping out local kids, Winsness created the only scholarship in the country that is given exclusively to children with incarcerated parents.
Winsness, who calls his educational gift the “Willy the Plumber Scholarship”, only makes about $30,000 working as a plumber. The father of two says that he is able to afford the scholarship by living a relatively modest lifestyle.
Winsness spreads word of the scholarship simply by spreading homemade fliers around Salem, Utah. While the sum of the grant is only about $1,000, the 17 recipients of the scholarship say that the financial boost means a great deal to their own wallets – as well as their self-esteem.
One of the youths whose parents both went to jail when she was 5 years old said: “You get really down on yourself, people judge you, and you just feel like you can’t do anything. â¤ï¸Then, all of a sudden, you have this random stranger who believes in you and knows that you’re not who your parents are.” â¤ï¸
From The Good News Network
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- Posted by Mish
- Nov 20, 2017
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Readers Comments
woodrose wrote: Thank you for sharing this wonderful inspiring story
About making a real difference to the lives of others
I have donated on his website :) xx
About making a real difference to the lives of others
I have donated on his website :) xx
mindyjourney wrote: Now, that is a helping hand alright :)))
healingtree wrote: This really inspired me. Thank you so much, Mish, for sharing this story of lovingkindness. â¤ï¸
leoladyc728 wrote: what a lovely man
