Luke Reece was a loving father of five who spent his life being a positive member of his community in Davison, Michigan. That’s why everyone was praying for a miracle when Luke was suddenly rushed to the hospital for DVT blood clots.

Luke sadly passed away at the age of just 32 years-old, leaving behind his wife Shelley and their five children.

The entire community stepped in to help the Reece family financially. However, one of their children’s teachers went above and beyond in the way that he helped this family.

Steven Culbert, who teaches one of the Reece’s children, went to visit Luke numerous times when he was in the hospital. As Luke’s health continued to get worse, Steven sensed that he did not have much time left. He then went to Luke’s bedside one last time to ask him a very important question.

On that day, Steven asked Luke for permission to take his two girls to the Daddy-Daughter school dance, along with his own daughters. Luke enthusiastically agreed, and he tragically passed away hours later. Shelley later took to Facebook to thank Steven and to reveal what happened at the daddy-daughter dance.

“Wow! There are not enough words to express my gratitude to this humble giving teacher and friend and everyone involved to make this a night to remember. He has wrapped his arms around my girls and made sure they know he is there for them since Luke’s passing.

He has always been a teacher and role model children could look up to, he goes above and beyond for all his students. He visited us while Luke was in the hospital, and while there he asked the girls to be his and his girls’ special dates for the daddy-daughter dance.”

“He, among many other giving people, made sure this was a day to remember. The morning started out with him taking them to breakfast with his sweet family, off to the park to play, then to Stonegate where he got their hair and nails done, of course, hit their favorite-McDonalds.

Later he traveled out to North Branch where the girls were in their Aunt Laura’s wedding. We got them in their dresses picked out for them and their corsages all bought by other parents. They were surprised when their ride was a limo (thank you, Mr. Matt, for driving) to the dance, all four girls were so tickled and excited.

They even ended up getting ice cream after the dance.”

“They had so much fun and after an emotional day at Aunt Laura and Uncle Will’s wedding, this made their night. They have not stopped talking about it and love the necklaces they received.

I can’t thank you enough Mr. Culbert and everyone else that made this day happen. Thank you to his little girls for sharing your daddy.”

We applaud Steven for going above and beyond to help this family when they needed it most!