School Adopt-A-Hero program is refreshing

Three Cape Girardeau elementary schools recently bestowed Adopt-A-Hero honors on three Cape Girardeans.

Franklin Elementary School surprised Cape Girardeau policeman Al Spencer, the school's Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer, with the award. Alma Schrader Elementary School named Cape Girardeau firefighter Michael Morgan its hero. And Jefferson Elementary School presented the honor to Corona Harper, a 91-year-old substitute teacher.

Everyone needs a hero. The Adopt-A-Hero program not only is a good community gesture, but it gives students a way of showing their appreciation to those who influence them and teaches them to recognize the goodness in others.