Asher Simpson, a second grader at DeWitt Road Elementary School, was honored on May 2 at the Do The Right Thing Awards ceremony.
The Do The Right Thing Award is a program of the Rochester Police Department that seeks to foster positive relationships between local law enforcement and youth in the community. The award recognizes youth for their bravery, courage, and valor, such as volunteering, aiding law enforcement or other first responders, acts of heroism, leadership, and positive role model behavior.
The award distinguishes school-aged children who strive to make good choices, do well in school, give back to their community, or demonstrate a “turn-around” or improvement in their behavior, and to publicly highlight these students and their stories in the news and social media to show that good kids are newsworthy.
The Webster Police Department nominated Asher for the award due to his bravery during a police event that occurred while he was in a store where a theft was taking place.
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(posted 5/7/2024)
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What did Asher do? The description is ambiguous.
Holly McGregor Anderson Webster, New York 14580 hollymcgregoranderson@gmail.com
That’s all the press release said, unfortunately. I wondered too.
Thanks for the response!