Council recognizes students’ Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness honorees, accompanied by family members
and educators, were recently recognized at a meeting of the Westland City Council. 

Three students in the Wayne Westland Community Schools district who demonstrated Random Acts of Kindness were recently recognized by members of the Westland City Council during a regular meeting.

Honored were Brandon Britton of Wayne Memorial High School, Lucas Downey of William D. Ford Career-Technical Center, and Jeremiah Whitner of John Glenn High School.

Britton participates in the district unified basketball team as a student coach. He has been a consistent presence for the team, and the players look forward to seeing him, according to his nomination, He was recognized for his kindness in volunteering his time to this unique program.

Downey is known for his willingness to help, according to his nomination. He helps other students with assignments and helps the teaching staff. He helped transport carts to the lecture hall when his class had to temporarily move classrooms for a couple days. Downey  is consistently nominated for student of the week for always going out of his way to be extra helpful in the Autobody classroom, his nomination cited.

Whitner was nominated for his honesty in returning a cell phone  he had found on the second floor of the high school building.

The program is part of the Westland Compassionate City Committee members' efforts, working in partnership with Wayne-Westland Community Schools.