It’s Friday, late afternoon. It’s time to put aside
all the terrible happenings of the past few hours…the needless deaths and the senseless
political comments of presidential politics… for a few moments of reflection on
life’s true heroes.
Heroes are those few people who are truly a breed apart from the rest of us. Somehow
they find motivation and their reward by helping others less fortunate than
themselves. So today, we honor the people of a Detroit program call Midnight Golf which “mentors
young students, helps them get into college, teaches them life skills – and
golf – and nurtures them until they get their degrees.”
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley recently wrote
about them in an article centered on DelShawn Fowler, a young man who refused to give
up his dream of a college education. Fowler missed his ride to visit Ohio State University but convinced (former) Uber driver Kevin Fuller to
help him get to Ohio
and catch up with his campus tour bus.
DelShawn Fowler deserves a ton of credit for his never-give-up attitude and perseverance.
But importantly he had his opportunity because of Renee Fluker and Winston Coffee, two of the outstanding
mentors of Midnight Golf Program; his mom, Crystal Fowler; and former Uber
driver Kevin Fuller.
Together they make an unique winning team of heroes.
*Photo Credit: DelShawn Fowler (18) by Salwan Georges, The Detroit Free Press
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