LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Louisville high school student is honoring his late mother by helping others in the community.
The Louisville FOX affiliate WDRB said Dylon Boone, a senior at Saint Xavier High School, started the nonprofit organization Touch of Terra in memory of his mom, Terra, who died unexpectedly in January 2024.
The organization made 500 ready-to-go backpacks for homeless people in Louisville as its first project.
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“I wanted to continue the legacy of giving that my mother left behind,” Boone said in a release. “She always kept backpacks with seasonal items in the car and gave them out to people in need.”…