Clerk Brittany Eickhorst was sitting at the Greenfield Police Station front desk in Wisconsin on Sept. 13 when in walks a small, red-headed boy alone with a bag of coins. The boy walks up to the counter, puts the bag of $10.03 on the desk, and says, “I would like to donate this money to the Greenfield Police Department,” then says goodbye and walks out. According to fox6now.com, Eickhorst said, “At first, the way he was looking, I thought ‘Is he lost?’”
The Greenfield Police did an investigation to find the boy. Investigators found Max Siepert was the guilty suspect who had been inspired two days prior when his social studies teacher taught his class about the sacrifices made by others during the 9/11 attacks.
“We learned about all the great things that the police and fire department did, so I’ve been raising money for a couple months and I decided that I should donate it all to the Greenfield Police Department,” said Siepert.
Siepert had been raising the money specifically to donate it. “I just went around asking my family for donations. We had talent shows in our backyard. My little brother and our neighbor played for, like, 50 cents a piece in their little band, and I just had a lot of fun making it.”
This one small act of kindness has impacted many. Siepert has been on TV, in newspapers, and also impressed Greenfield Assistant Police Chief Paul Schlect. “I’ve never had that happen in my 29 years here,” said Schlect, according to fox6news.com. “To have someone come in and show their appreciation for the men and women that work here at the Greenfield Police Department is very refreshing.”
When Kim Navales, a sophomore in psychology from the Philippines, heard about the boy’s story, she said, “I feel good about that because my dad is also a policeman. I am touched that someone else appreciates them.”
Siepert said he hopes more people will do kind deeds like his.“If everyone, if every person would do that, we would have such a great world. It would be awesome,” said Siepert, “I was happy that I did what I did because one day it’s going to make a big difference.”
Siepert’s mom said she would double his proceeds, and Siepert plans to donate the next $10.03 to a girl who recently had a kidney transplant.