Postal carrier Ron Lynch delivered more than the mail to a Sandy, Utah boy.
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So, Matthew Flores would take advertisements and newsletters out of a bin of discarded junk mail just to have something to read.
Most 12-year-olds of the 21st century are about that digital life, playing video games, watching TV, and yes, for some, playing outside.
A Utah boy has a voracious appetite for reading, but he did not have enough books. That’s when Lynch decided to do what he could to help the boy get the books he so desperately wanted, which is something that touched him on a personal level.
“A young man was standing [there] reading junk mail, and asked me if I had any extra”, Lynch told KSL News in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lynch started a conversation with the boy. When Lynch began chatting with the boy he found out that Flores doesn’t own his own books and his family can’t afford bus fares so he can go to the library. When Matthew explained that he didn’t have anything else to read, Lynch asked him about going to the library, where there are tons of books. “My mother instilled a love of books in me”, Lynch said.
“Most kids his age want electronics!” He asked his friends to send the boy books.
But 12-year-old Matthew Flores likes to read… anything.
“It’s gone insane from there”, Lynch told CNN affiliate KSL. “I’ve heard from the UK, from Australia, from India”.
Flores’ doorbell has been ringing for days as books have arrived. “I told him the library had many, but he said they don’t have a vehicle, and couldn’t afford the bus”. “I thought they were mistaken, but they were for me”. He plans to share the books with other kids, as well, and is planning a book drive with Lynch.
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“I just usually read the newspapers”, Mathew said.
