blog post<\/a>\u00a0by the Richardson Independent School District.<\/p>\nCrawford started taking Lyfts to school after her car broke down in the fall. WOWT 6<\/p>\n
The dads club, whose members endeavor to \u201cbetter the students and the teachers\u2019 environments,\u201d work closely with Crawford \u201cto make sure everything\u2019s running smoothly\u201d in the mornings, parent Luke Wagner explained to the outlet.<\/p>\n
The dads gave Crawford a white Jeep in early March. WOWT 6<\/p>\n
The school community relies on the crossing guard for steady mornings and dismissals. <\/p>\n
She\u2019s typically found ushering the students and their parents across the bustling streets while greeting everyone she knows by their first name, the KTVT reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I have to tell them, you don\u2019t run in the crosswalk. And they know what Ms. Crawford says. \u2018Safety is first,\u2019\u201d Crawford said.<\/p>\n
Moss Haven Elementary School is in the Dallas-area. WOWT 6<\/p>\n
Ultimately it took a few months for the dads to collect enough to purchase a car for her.<\/p>\n
Marcus Waither, hailed as the club\u2019s \u201cdriving force,\u201d and member Adam Tharp spearheaded the fundraiser.<\/p>\n
Tharp, as the general manager of a local auto repair shop, was able to sell a white Jeep \u201cat a significant discount\u201d and promised a few free oil changes to boot. The leftover funds were used to cover Crawford\u2019s car insurance, the blog said.<\/p>\n
The dads club works in tandem with Crawford each morning. WOWT 6<\/p>\n
Seven dads with the club were finally able to gift the spick-and-span car to Crawford this month.<\/p>\n
In a photo, the philanthropic group beamed beside Crawford, who was wiping away tears as she thanked them.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time the men stepped in to support their favorite crossing guard.<\/p>\n
In May 2023, Crawford\u2019s car was totaled in an accident, and she suffered minor injuries. The club organized a GoFundMe \u201cto support her financially during this hardship\u201d \u2014 which doubled \u201cas a year-end gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has faithfully helped care for our children, so now let\u2019s help care for her!\u201d the club wrote.<\/p>\n
That fundraiser generated nearly $5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When a beloved Texas elementary school crossing guard\u2019s car broke down, a selfless group of dads rallied to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,85494,17505,18837,27,29,28,734],"class_list":["post-219181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-charity","tag-dads","tag-elementary-schools","tag-good-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}