Cape Coral Police Department’s monthly “Do The Right Thing” ceremony for February 2020 will be held Wednesday, February 19th, 2020, at 2:00 pm in City Council Chambers, located at 1015 Cultural Park Boulevard. This ceremony is open to the public and we encourage our community to come out and show their support to these outstanding young men and women who “did the right thing.”

Kelsey Cook 11th Grade North Fort Myers High School 

Firefighters responded to a call for a broken water pipe at an 86 year old woman’s home. When they arrived, they found 2-3 inches of standing water throughout the entire house and Kelsey assisting the woman. Kelsey then used a shop vacuum to assist with the water cleanup and stayed to continue helping even after the firefighters left.

Charles Daniels 9th Grade Mariner High School 

Charles, a student volunteer of Pine Island Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT), was participating in the Kiwanis Junior Olympics. He noticed one particular student came to cheer for his friends even though he had recently broken his leg. Charles decided that after his race he would push the student in the wheelchair around the ¼ mile track to give him the experience of participating. 

Lydia (Syan) Sissons 7th Grade Challenger Middle School

Lydia befriended a peer in one of her classes who is a student with disabilities. She noticed some of the other students were being unkind to her friend. Lydia wrote a note to her friend’s mother describing how other students were treating him. She felt that her friend needed to be reminded that he does belong and should be treated with respect. 

Khloee Truckenmiller 5th Grade Patriot Elementary School Marianne Fuger 5th Grade Patriot Elementary School 

After school, one of the students was being wheeled to the bus by a student volunteer and his nurse. The nurse noticed his face was red and checked his trach which had fallen out. Khloee and Marianne happened to be walking down the hall and asked if they could help.  Khloee went to the teachers and asked them to hold their students in the classrooms until the nurse was able to get the situation under control while Marianne went to get another nurse to help. Thanks to Khloee and Marianne, a very serious incident was able to be taken care of in a quick and calm manner.