California Sixth-Grader Aids Fellow Skateboarders

Quentin Favia, a San Francisco, CA resident is just a normal 12-year old who loves to skateboard but hates to wait in line for his turn. That is why he understood the pain of fellow skateboarders in the neighboring city of Oakland, who had a brand new park but not enough skateboards.

The kids in East Oakland loved their new skate park, but with only six skateboards, had to take turns and skate only for 30-minutes at a time. Since they could not afford to buy new skateboards, they simply waited for their turn.

However, when Quentin, a sixth grader at Stuart Hall School in San Francisco, read about it, he thought it wasn't fair and decided to do something about it.

His first decision was to give away three of the four skateboards that he himself owned. He then decided to ask his schoolmates to see if any of them would be interested in donating their skateboards and the response was a big yes.

Last week he drove up to the Oakland skateboard park with not three but sixteen skateboards, much to the surprise and delight of the kids there. They rushed to admire and try out their new boards. Quentin and his younger brother also joined in the fun.

Quentin has another six skate decks, that he is hoping to re-furbish with donated trucks and wheels. In case you are interested, he plans to place a donation box in the Sonoma Old Skate & Surf Shop (ph 707-938-5500) soon. Way to go Quentin!

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Source: SFGate.com