She’s A High School Teacher Who Shared The Wholesome Gifts That Her Students Put On Their Holiday Wishlists
As a parent, teacher, aunt, or uncle, if your family celebrates Christmas, there’s nothing like getting your kids or young relatives exactly what they want and putting it under the tree.
One teacher recently went viral on TikTok after she emotionally asked her viewers to see if they could help her get some of the gifts on their wishlists.
Cheri Guy (@attagirlguy) is a high school teacher in Las Vegas who works in a school with over 3,000 students.
Every year, her school has a ‘Wishmas’ program where students submit what they want for Christmas and explain why it would be important to them. Then, faculty, staff, and community members do what they can to get those students their gifts.
Although Cheri works with older students, she became emotional over how simple, wholesome, and, at times, heartbreaking their wishlists were.
“There’s no way I can do it all,” says a teary-eyed Cheri in her video.
“But maybe I could get some help from TikTok because these are high school kids, and I’m just gonna read you a couple of things that they’re asking for.”
Cheri then reads off some of the gift requests from students while holding back tears. One student wrote that their Christmas wish would be for all their fellow students’ wishes to be granted.
“My one wish [is that] I want my sister to be happy on her birthday,” wrote one student.
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Other students did ask for material gifts, but they were very simple and wholesome. For instance, one student asked for a pair of black slippers so that their feet wouldn’t be cold. Another asked for a bag of Takis so they wouldn’t have to be hungry.
One student did ask for a gift that was a bit pricier, but they had a sweet reason for asking.
“[I want] a guitar,” wrote the student. “It would make me happy since I used to play the guitar in middle school.”
After posting her video, hundreds of TikTok users wanted to help Cheri grant her students’ wishes.
So, she put the wishes in an Amazon Wishlist and gave the public her Venmo and CashApp usernames so that people could donate to the cause or ship some of the gifts directly to her.
With the help of her social media following and community, Cheri and other great people at her school were able to make this year a very happy holiday season for her students.
Thank you, Cheri, for all you do!
@attagirlguy Even if you can’t help, maybe you can share #teacher #wishlist #students #holiday #highschool
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