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Retired school bus donated to Kingston family

Retired school bus donated to Kingston family
WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THESTY UP AND RUNNING. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET A SCHOOL BUS ON THE ADRO ANTHD IS GARAGE IS WHERE A LOT OF BUSES COME TO RETIRE. BUT ONE IS GETTING AON SD CHANCE. >> I THINK THIS WILL BAE HUGE UPLIFT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. REPORTER: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE SEAPORT LEARNING CO LLABORATIVE. THE KINGSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT , THE REFI DEPARTMENT, AND THE SHERIFF, KORY’S BUS. >> KORY, YOUR BUS IS HERE. REPORTER: MADE A VERY SPECIAL STOP. >> YOU MUST BE MOM. >> HI. >> HI, I’M CAY.SE I’M THE DIRECTOR OF SLC. REPORTER: WHEN DEE RICHER'S SON’ KORY, WAS BORN DOCTORS SAID HE WOULD NEVER WALK OR TA.LK HE DEFIED THOSE ODDSND A AS A CHILD, DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR SCHOOL BUSES. SO WHEN KORY STOPPED WANTING TO LEAVE HIS HOME. HIS PARENTS HAD AN IDEA. >> MY HUSBAND BROUGHT UP MAY BE GETTING HIM A BUS WOULD GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE .BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUS FOR TWO YEARS. I STARTED CALLGIN AROUND AND THEY WE,ER LIKE, WE CAN DONATE ONE. I WAS SO EXCITED. REPORTER: KORY WAS ELFEING SHY AND DI'D’T COME OUT TODAY BUT DEE SAYS SHE HOPES THIS GENEROUS GIFT WILL DO THTRK.E AND WHILE THESE BUSES MAY BE RETIRED, IT MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE FOR THEM TO PUT A SMI
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Retired school bus donated to Kingston family
A community has come together in Kingston over the belief that a school bus could change one family's life.With a little help from the Seacoast Learning Collaborative, the Kingston Police Department, the town's fire department and sheriff, a retired school bus renamed "Kory's Bus" made a special stop Thursday."I think this will be a huge uplift for our community," said Casey Hopkins, director of Transportation at Seacoast Learning Collaborative. "It shows the positive stuff that we can do when we all come together."When Dee Richer's son, Kory, was born, doctors said he would never walk or talk. He defied those odds and, as a child, developed a love for school buses. So, when Kory stopped wanting to leave his home, his parents had an idea."My husband thought maybe getting him a bus would get him out of the house, because he's been in the house for two years," Richer said.After she made some calls, Richer learned that the Seacoast Learning Collaborative could donate a bus. It was delivered Thursday, complete with a fire and police escort.Kory was feeling shy and didn't come out, but Richer said she hopes the generous gift will do the trick."If this works, I'll be so excited," she said.

A community has come together in Kingston over the belief that a school bus could change one family's life.

With a little help from the Seacoast Learning Collaborative, the Kingston Police Department, the town's fire department and sheriff, a retired school bus renamed "Kory's Bus" made a special stop Thursday.

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"I think this will be a huge uplift for our community," said Casey Hopkins, director of Transportation at Seacoast Learning Collaborative. "It shows the positive stuff that we can do when we all come together."

When Dee Richer's son, Kory, was born, doctors said he would never walk or talk. He defied those odds and, as a child, developed a love for school buses. So, when Kory stopped wanting to leave his home, his parents had an idea.

"My husband thought maybe getting him a bus would get him out of the house, because he's been in the house for two years," Richer said.

After she made some calls, Richer learned that the Seacoast Learning Collaborative could donate a bus. It was delivered Thursday, complete with a fire and police escort.

Kory was feeling shy and didn't come out, but Richer said she hopes the generous gift will do the trick.

"If this works, I'll be so excited," she said.