CO-WORKERS BAND TOGETHER TO GET THIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE TO HIS GRADUATION

Timothy Harrison didn't have his cap and gown, or graduation tickets or even a ride across town to get to the ceremony. But that didn't stop his co-workers at Waffle House in Center Point, Alabama, from making sure this 18-year-old ended his high school career on a high note.

Harrison had been working at the Waffle House for just over a month and was finishing up his senior year at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham. The young man has seen tough times and didn't see a way to make it to graduation. Now the teenager has a great reason to believe in the goodness of other people.

"I had people want to see me succeed, so it kind made me excited," said Harrison.

On May 27, Woodlawn High School was holding commencement across town at Birmingham CrossPlex. Harrison didn't have a ride so he headed to work.

"That's when I said why aren't you going to graduation?" said Cedric Hampton, Harrison's manager at Waffle House. "And he said 'I don't want to miss work.' So I was like, you're going!"

"I thought you were supposed to graduate today?" said Harrison's coworker Shantana Blevins. "What do we need to do?"

The Waffle House employees put everything on hold. They had a new mission — to make sure this promising young man made it to graduation. The Waffle House team banded together, buying Harrison dress clothes including slacks, a new shirt and a tie. They headed over to the high school to make sure he could get his cap and gown...read more