the Heartbreak
J avell Heggs Junior has been working at La Follette High School for twenty years. He runs study hall and coaches track and football. When Rodney was a student there, he was all about wrestling. Javell saw his potential for other sports as well and challenged Rodney to a one-on-one basketball game, saying, “If I beat you, you join the track team!” Rodney joined the cross-country track team— and went to the State championship for both wrestling and track! Javell and Rodney share more than a passion for sports—they share a love for helping those in need. Javell was the District Liaison for years, going door to door, helping the youth… “Getting the kids to come to school, finding how bad it was out there, what was going on in their homes, trying to keep them on the straight and narrow, trying to help them.” He kept a pulse on the community, sometimes bringing organic vegetables door to door. Javell also worked for many years and the Hope Javell Heggs Junior: Community Leader and Youth Advocate
through the Dane County Mental Health Department as an advocate for the court system, helping keep youth out of the juvenile system. He also did foster care for three years.
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