Kelly Miller shared an emotional video describing what a young KHS soccer player did for her. She wanted to track him down. The video went viral on social media.
KUNA, Idaho — Did you see this touching video circulating on social media? Kelly Miller posted the video on TikTok about a Kuna High School soccer player doing a good deed, and it went viral!
“So I’m literally crying right now. I’m sitting here drinking coffee, and a young man comes up to me and asks if I want one of these tickets that he sells for his high school football team, and it’s for restaurants and I told him I don’t have any money until I get my check on the 3. If he could come back I’d buy two,” Kelly Miller said in her now viral video posted on TikTok. “He walks up to me and hands me the ticket and $80 cash and told me to go grocery shopping or anything else you need. I’ve been struggling so hard lately and this young man was a star in the sky! “
Miller was simply blown away by the generosity of the Kuna High School football player. She wanted to find the boy to thank him properly.
“It just surprised me because you don’t see kids doing that anymore these days,” Miller said. “I put it on TikTok hoping TikTok would do its magic.”
It did just that. Miller’s video of what happened outside her home that day garnered views, likes and comments on social media.
“There are so many comments, this kid is amazing, he should be commended,” Miller told KTVB.
Everyone wanted to know who this kid was! Including the head football coach at Kuna High, Jeff Schank.
“My phone started to explode like crazy,” Schank said. “I was very proud. When I saw the video I have to be honest, I almost cried. We tried very hard to find out who the child was. I have the records with me and ask me who is this child , who is this child!”
But when the good deed came up in training, none of the players came forward. It looked like this kid wanted to stay out of the spotlight.
Miller was invited as a special guest to the Kuna High Football game that weekend. Miller hoped the boy would come and find her in the stands at the game.
“All I can think of is to give him a big hug, and his parents, for raising such an exceptional young man,” Miller said. “I didn’t even get his name!”
Well, at the football game that Friday night, everyone found out who it was. 14-year-old Jameson Yannarella, a freshman player. He saw Kelly in the stands and went to greet her.
“It’s a bit crazy. I didn’t expect it to explode like that.” said Yannarella. “It wasn’t about me, and what we do, it’s mostly about the act. I went to the stands and sat down with her, hugged her and we took a picture. It was really nice that she came to the game. She was very grateful I came to see her it was a cool experience there are always people who have it harder than you and you have to remember that and help people when you can that is what my father always does. taught me,” said Yannarella.
Yannarella didn’t even tell his parents about his good deed.
“He hid it from us too,” said Frank Yannarella, Jamison’s proud father. “His mom and I are so proud, super impressed.”
So is Kuna High School. Jamison definitely lives up to the football team gold standard.
“I think in the world we live in, we could use a few more Jamisons,” said coach Jeff Schank. “People who do the right thing to do the right thing.”
Kelly Miller hopes this story inspires others to give back as well.
“I’d like our young people to see how contagious kindness is,” Miller said. “People don’t get happy much and I thought this was a happy thing!”
Jamison told us he was saving his money for a new cell phone. That’s how he was able to give Kelly so much money. He was not expecting all this attention and he is looking forward to disappearing under the radar again and just playing football. He doesn’t realize he inspired the whole community.
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