Our family was celebrating my son's birthday tonight. The waitress brought us a bear dedicated to Zach and his favorite restaurant. I was so moved and it was a very special night for my son. I wanted to look up zach's story and extend my condolances. I teared up as I explained to my son about the bear and the little angel behind the kindness. Thank you so much. Your Zach was in my heart the entire evening ❤

When he came back from Memphis because everyone in the school is outside their classroom chanting Zach. It was a special moment because even if he didn’t know you he still gave you a high five and that’s what made him special because he is so kind to people and I knew he wouldn’t make me sad, he would make me happy and laugh. Another thing I remember when he was walking down the hallway is that everyone was wearing green and there were posters and I could see tears of joy on everyone’s faces that Zach was back. Then after the hour of smiles up to our eyes we went inside our classroom and started to ask Zach questions about Memphis and we gave him hugs and high fives. Then we started to play a game when you were split into groups and I was on his team and every time we got a point he gave me the brightest smile and high fived me and I had that was the biggest smile I had ever had and on that very special day no one and I mean no one in our school was unhappy. Everyone had big smiles and tears of joy.

-Laine G.

Team Zach

I remember when Zach had a life size wrestling mat and he had this one move that always got me down and I never caught on to it. We would play football at recess (and soccer), and eat together at lunch. When I had to read to him in fourth grade I was so nerves about it. Then when we sent it, the next day I got a letter in the mail that was from Zach’s mom saying thank you.

-Max H.