Arissa Baker (Cheerleading, University of the Cumberlands) grew up in La Follette. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Arissa Baker’s, in full.
The question
Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Arissa Baker’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
A moment when my hometown came together and achieved something that made me proud is when they held a special olympics for the very first time and the cheerleaders worked it and helped all of these differently abled children be able to do things that they never dreamed of being able to do. It was truly heartwarming watching them all be so excited and so proud of themselves. They are so brave. Now this is something that happens annually if not twice a year thanks to that one day that we helped make it happen the first time. It is truly a beautiful experience to watch and I'm proud to say that I helped make it happen.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
Reported by Hello Newswire.