
72 Hours of Greatness: The Legend of Redford Hewlett
For the past month we have hardly seen our 16-year old son, Redford. He is a straight-A student, leads our church congregation in music every Sunday, and seems to be asked to a girl’s choice dance at a different school every other evening. And yet he has gone missing for almost the entirety of December. Every morning at 6:40 AM he bolts out the door, always gets to school on time, and recently has even been gone before 6 AM. Each night we await his return, often past 11 PM. What is happening with this boy? He is an SBO, Student Body Officer, at his high school, and the month of December is dedicated to raising money for single parents in an effort termed Hearts of Gold. Every SBO is expected to go door to door, business to business, looking to do service in exchange for a donation to raise funds for parents needing help with providing Christmas. My son has kept the ultimate Promise by being completely absent from our home while serving every stranger he can find for an entire month. It’s hard to put into words how proud I am of this wonderful son,




