Texans Brennan Scarlett, Beyond the Basics Foundation Bring Holiday Cheer to 6 AISD Students Hit Hard by COVID-19

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It has been a rough year for many families across the nation, Texas, and Aldine ISD, who have had to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Houston Texans linebacker Brennan Scarlett provided six Aldine ISD students and their families with $800 Amazon shopping sprees.

Many have lost loved ones, jobs, incomes, and have even contracted the disease themselves. However, Houston Texans linebacker Brennan Scarlett and the Beyond the Basics Foundation made their holidays a bit brighter by providing six Aldine ISD students and their families, each with an $800 Amazon shopping spree.

The Beyond the Basics Foundation was founded by New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Copeland. Scarlett is part of the Foundation and surprised the six students via individual videoconferences on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

“2020 has been a rough year for us all,” said Scarlett, who attended Stanford University. “Everybody who has suffered during this time is in our thoughts and prayers.”

The students and their families were selected for the shopping sprees by the district’s FACE (Family And Community Engagement) Department, which worked with schools to find deserving students.

The students came from Goodman Elementary School, Parker Elementary School, Stovall Primary School, Nimitz High School, Hall Center for Education, and Shotwell Middle School.

All of the students who learned of their shopping sprees, along with their parents and guardians, were very appreciative of Scarlett and the Foundation’s kindness and generosity.

One student said he wanted to buy his mother a computer because she has never had one, another said she would get shoes and clothing for her one-year-old daughter, and others said they would take care of their families.

“I will buy things that are important to my family,” one student said.

That giving spirit and thinking of others impressed those from the Foundation who took part in the video calls as well as Scarlett.

“I’m crying in my heart,” he said.

As were a lot of other folks!