Tatum Cross (Cross Country, Southeastern Oklahoma State University) grew up in Celina. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Tatum Cross’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 Tatum Cross’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
Salina is such a blessing to be in. There's been moments in our town to where we had to go through very big trials. And two times I could think of that I was really proud of my hometown, Salina. The first of all was when we got hit by a tornado. About a good bit of the neighborhoods by the high school got hit. And it was such a blessing to see how the community just automatically went and tried to go help clean up and help anything, and anyone out in the area that got hit by the storm. The high school got hit and neighborhoods got hit. So it was a blessing to see everyone come and join together for a greater purpose. Even if they had to volunteer their own time and hours and hours on top of their time, they did it for the benefit of others. Because through loss, our community came together to do something greater than the grief that they were experiencing at the time. And that was show love and compassion for each one of God's children that are in our community. And that was such a blessing to see. I think another thing was and is continually, I go to Lifeway Church in Salina. And our church is such a big part of our community. We have plenty of other churches too that we have in Salina. But Lifeway is building a new church right now. They're in the middle of building it. And I think it's been such a blessing to see how our churches come together to help the building process. And the past couple of years, it's been so cool to see how each person has volunteered their time to make it possible. And now in July, our new church is gonna be opening up in Salina. And it's such a blessing to see how God works through each one of his children to make this possible. So I think the faithfulness, loyalty, and people that we have in Salina are just not, it's so rare to find that. And I think it's such a blessing to see how each person in Salina cares for each other with such compassion. Thank you.
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.
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