Hi, my name is um Tony Huddle. I have been in the district for 34 years. I love what I do. I love being with the kids. I've been in all the schools in the district. I've worked um AC I started at Adventure Connection and um now I'm here at Justice Allen Page. Um I work during the school day and um I do an inclusion para and I love what I do. I'm with kindergarten and first grade right now and I have to say that's my favorite age group. They you see them grow so much especially with kindergarten. you know, kindergarten, they start and when they come in, they don't know how to stand in a line or how to, you know, um sit for a long period of time and and just seeing how much they grow and learn, you know, by the end of kindergarten, they're reading and and just it's so when they start, they don't even know their ABCs. So, that's the big thing um with kindergarten. I'm invited to a a student's wedding um that's happening in a in a couple weeks. So, you know, it's just seeing the change and how they grow. Um, building family, you know, friends and family through, you know, all the years that I've known people. I people say when I go anywhere, I always know somebody. And that's just being in the district and being part of that community. It's where I grew up, too. So, that makes a difference. in the summertime work, the summertime program for Adventure Connection, which is also one of my favorite things cuz you get to do so many fun things. That's that's the time you're playing with the kids and um we go on a field trip once a week and you go swimming and it's just I'm getting paid to do what I love so much cuz I I enjoy being with those kids and and the fun that we have. When I I when I found out I um won the award, I was extremely shocked. Um coworker Amanda came in and did a morning meeting and um I realized that it, you know, something was happening. What's happening? And then she read the letter and then she showed me what um Kurt had written. Um I it was emotional. I I cried. It was just such a wonderful feeling to be appreciated like that. I was just so excited and happy and proud to be able to let her know that she was receiving the heart of the community award. Um she really does embody the heart of the community. Everywhere we go, she knows somebody and I'm just so happy for my friend. The first summer I worked with her, I just I wasn't even at her site, but just watching her with the kids. My son actually went to her site and um I just I she was amazing. She's amazing with all the kids. Tony Huddle is just an allstar of Adventure Connection staff. She has so many years of experience and she brings that experience every day to making just a tremendous difference in the lives of the kids. It is an absolute honor to have her on our staff. uh and she's a tremendous example for all of the other staff to learn from in the work that they do with kids. The kind words that um were written and said um amazes me. It it I could cry all over again. I nom…