Special Delivery for Kindergarten Teacher

By: Whitney Martin - Email

Updated: Wed 5:47 PM, Nov 28, 2012

ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Mrs. Pratt was feeling under the weather today, but imagine her surprise when she got her favorite Starbucks treat delivered on behalf of a daughter, half a world away.

“It was like getting a hug all the way across the ocean, you’ll get me all crying,” said Rithie Pratt, a Kindergarten teacher at North Love Christian Schools.

Pratt's daughter is attending school in Ukraine and

When she heard her mom was sick, she wanted to do something to help. So she took to Facebook to see if one of her friends would deliver her mom's favorite coffee drink, and within minutes she had quite a few takers. Mrs. Pratt got her Vanilla Chai this morning.

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