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Boy, 9, gives away Disney World trip to family of fallen soldier
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/29/11942205-boy-9-gives-away-disney-world-trip-to-family-of-fallen-soldier
By Jeff Black, msnbc.com
Brendan Haas earned a prize any young kid would appreciate an all-expenses paid trip to Disney World. Instead of going, though, the Massachusetts boy gave the vacation to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Haas earned the trip through a trading contest on Facebook he set up to help out a military family. He got the idea from the story of a man who traded up from a red paper clip to a house.
In February, Brendan and his mother Melissa set up the "Soldier for a Soldier" Facebook page in an attempt to trade up from a toy soldier to a Disney trip.
Through a series of trades on the social network site, he managed to amass Disney gift certificates worth almost $900 as well as airfare and a stay at a Disney resort hotel.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/29/11942205-boy-9-gives-away-disney-world-trip-to-family-of-fallen-soldier
By Jeff Black, msnbc.com
Brendan Haas earned a prize any young kid would appreciate an all-expenses paid trip to Disney World. Instead of going, though, the Massachusetts boy gave the vacation to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Haas earned the trip through a trading contest on Facebook he set up to help out a military family. He got the idea from the story of a man who traded up from a red paper clip to a house.
In February, Brendan and his mother Melissa set up the "Soldier for a Soldier" Facebook page in an attempt to trade up from a toy soldier to a Disney trip.
Through a series of trades on the social network site, he managed to amass Disney gift certificates worth almost $900 as well as airfare and a stay at a Disney resort hotel.
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Boy, 9, gives away Disney World trip to family of fallen soldier (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
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I don't mean to sound rude but you know Disney is going to turn this into a media PR
lookingfortruth
May 2012
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teddy51
(3,491 posts)1. Wow, way to go Brendan. So unselfish and a great deed. nt
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)2. Great friggen kid with obviously great parents.
GObamaGO
(665 posts)3. I love stories like this
What an awesome gesture and what a wonderful kid.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)4. OK, I'll say it: it was a blue state kid. That says something to me...
lookingfortruth
(263 posts)5. I don't mean to sound rude but you know Disney is going to turn this into a media PR
stunt.
Brendan will find himself an all expense paid trip to Disney with his family the same time the Soldier's family there so they could meet and pictures and the works.
I in no way want to take away what this generous Boy did. He deserve such a reward for his true honest act.
teddy51
(3,491 posts)6. You know, that's ok to, because that isn't going to take away from Brendan's good deed. I was just
thinking when I was writing my post above that I hope someone with money will give to Brendan.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)7. that might be good so that others have the idea