Because the school can only afford to pledge $500, Rothery hoped others would step in — and his wish was answered.

Vincent St. Pierre watched the Twitter campaign quickly exceed the school’s $500 pledge, so decided to step in and match it.

“I have three siblings, two of them have schizophrenia with a dual diagnosis with autism and I have another sibling with autism. so when you go out into the community and you talk about these issues, it gets it more personal and more understanding and you start to generate a sense of empathy.”

CBC News, January 6th, 2015