Students at a Virginia high school came together with a heartwarming surprise for a custodian who worked tirelessly on behalf of the students who walked the halls every single day.
Their surprise brought Francis Apraku, a janitor at James Madison High School in Vienna, to tears as he expressed his disbelief that he’d be the recipient of a brand-new car, something that he’d wanted for quite some time but could never afford with the salary that he made from the high school.
Students raised over $20K to buy their janitor, Francis Apraku, his dream car
According to local news outlets, Apraku never thought for one second that the James Madison High School students would raise money to gift him his dream car. It all started in September 2023, around his birthday, when Apraku was conversing with a group of students. When asked what he wanted for his special day, he admitted that he “desired to get a Jeep Wrangler.”
However, Apraku knew he would never be able to afford it. That’s when the students got the brilliant idea to start a GoFundMe, but from his perspective, he assumed the conversation was just one and done, and never in a million years did he think anything would come of it…