North Charleston High School Principal Henry Darby has taken a second job stocking shelves at Walmart three nights a week from 10pm to 7am just to help students in need.

When Darby finishes his shift in the morning, he has just enough time to make it back to school just in time for the morning bell. All of the money that Darby makes from his second job goes to helping low income students and their families.

“I decided to get another job because the kids, they really need help,” Darby explained to The Post And Courier.

It’s important to Darby to give back because of all the people who have helped him out throughout his life. After both of his parents passed away, other family members and members of his church stepped up to help him through the difficult time.

“I can say that people really helped me to get to where I am today,” he said. “I wish that those of us who are born of poverty and we had to struggle and we made it to at least the lower middle class, that we will look back to help others.”

Once the city of Charleston heard what Darby was doing, they were so touched that they launched a GoFundMe to repay him for being such an amazing person.

“Our goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of the month, so that the Charleston community could present a check to Mr. Darby during an upcoming event he’s attending on Jan. 30, 2021,” states the GoFundMe page.

Mount Pleasant real estate agent Jesse Rone said that he was incredibly touched when he read Darby’s story.

“I just didn’t think it was real,” he said. “His story is insane.”

“I think the more the community in Charleston knew about him, then we could really show him how much we appreciate him,” Rone added. “I think that’s just the overall goal, for us as a community to show him how much we love him setting an example.”

As of this writing, the GoFundMe page has raised over $5,700. It was created by third-year College of Charleston student George Kinzler, who felt like Darby’s story needed to be heard by the masses.

“I just want people to see the humanity and everything and everyone to come together. I think it’s such a great feeling to do something good, even if it’s small,” Kinzler said. “I want to share that feeling with people.”