Winnow-Arn Unit 541 is proud to announce that Jameson Burriss has received a national American Legion Auxiliary Youth Good Deed Award! This is exerpt is from the application…
In January of 2019, Jameson Burriss attended a school event with his stepfather, Jason and they won a snow shovel. That snow shovel sparked an idea in the then 11 year old. He came home and asked if it was alright if he started a snow shoveling business. Well that idea took off and grew into a business for him, A Boy & A Shovel. After a great couple of weekends of snow shoveling, Jameson and his mother, Jen discussed ways to give back to the community that was supporting him. They decided that giving back a certain percentage of his earnings to different organizations would be a great way to give back. His first donation was to the Defiance Humane Society. He gave $70 worth of food and supplies to help the animals at the shelter.
So as his business was growing, Jameson decided to branch out and offer mowing services, A Boy & A Shovel & A Mower, for the season with the idea of picking an organization at the beginning of each month to donate 10% of his earnings to.
Over the course of a year, Jameson has donated $470 to organizations in the area. One that sticks out in my mind is the Defiance Public Library. He was able to donate $90 to the library to help replace DVDs that had been stolen over the previous months. Our family uses the libaray often to check out movies. Jameson also donated to St. Jude, Alzheimer’s Association, Friends of Felines, Raven’s Care back to school bash, Neighbors in Need, Christmas for Kids, Trees for Life and Conquer Childhood Cancer Now.
Jameson is hoping that he is able to bless more local organizations in 2020.
Jameson is a 7th grader at Defiance City School.
He is the son and stepson of Jen and Jason Fisher, Defiance
He is the grandson of Mike and Connie Fisher, Continental and the Great- Grandson of Marge Fisher, Continental.
Congratulations Jameson! We are proud of you and all of our youth! We would love to hear about other good deeds our kiddos are doing!
