High School
All in for Jake: How a community's compassion helped Texas high school football player overcome cancer
Buda Hays Consolidated football player Jake Jackson has seen his fair share of hardship. With this help of his community, though, he's managed to beat cancer and hopes to be a key factor for the Rebels in 2020.
Jake Jackson was celebrating a friend’s birthday at Casa Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant in Kyle, Texas when a stranger approached him.
“I’ve seen your story and need to help out somehow,” she said. “So, I’ve paid for your entire table.”
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