Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka oti i tētahi kōtiro waru tau te 600 ngā mahi atawhai hei whakamaharatanga ki tōna kuia i mate i tēnei marama. I whakaaro a Alex McKelvey o te kawanatanga o Washington i te whakaaro i te tau 2013 i muri i te ngaro o tana kuia, a Linda, a ka timata ki te whakaoti i nga mahi atawhai 60 i te Maehe 22, 2014 - koinei te ra whanau 60 o tana kuia. Engari i a ia e tino pai ana ki te hoatu ki ētahi atu, ko te ākonga kura tuatahi, kua oti i a ia ngā mahi 487 tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, ka oti i a ia ngā mahi atawhai 600 hei te 22 o Maehe, 2015. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Alex McKelvey o Washington State tīmata i roto i te 2013 ki te whāinga o te mahi 60 mahi pai tupono ki te whakahonore me te whakanui i tona kuia, Linda, hei utu o te tangihanga (i runga Alex whakaahua i te kotahi me te hawhe tau ki a ia, me tona 'Nana', Linda) te tuatahi-te piha haapiiraa, kua oti 487 mahi ki te rā, ka kua mahi 600 mahi o te aroha i te Maehe 22, 2015 (i runga Alex me tona whaea Sarah whakaahua i te wa e mahi i te misioni Rescue e whakarato kai, me te nohoanga mo te hunga i roto i te hiahia, tona 472nd mahi o te aroha) Alex, me tona whaea Sarah, i whakatau ki te mahi i te huinga tuatahi o 60 mahi o te aroha i roto i te Mahuru 2013 i muri i mate Linda hei utu o te tangihanga, kia rite ki Q13Fox. 'I hokona e matou he kawhe, he huka, i whakawhiwhia he maha nga mea, i haere ki IHOP ka waiho he tohutao tino pai mo tetahi o a maatau kaitoha, a ka mutu te ra ma te haere ki te hoko taonga taakaro mo te Whare Hauora o St. Jude's Children's Hospital,' e kii ana a Sarah, he kaimahi mo te Hauora Hinengaro o Greater Lakes. Ka mea atu ia: 'He nui te koa o Alex i taua ra, ka kitea te koa i runga i tona mata, no reira ka mea matou he aha e kore ai e tāpiri i tētahi kore atu, ka haere mo te 600?' E ai ki te News Tribune, i kii a Alex i whiriwhiri ia i te 600 na te mea e 10 nga wa nui atu i te 60, engari e moemoea ana ia kia tae atu ki te tini atu o nga tangata. Ka mea te kotiro taitamariki: 'Ka mahi matou i nga mano, ka kotahi miriona. E hiahia ana ahau ki te toro atu ki te tini o te iwi.' I tēnei wā, kua mahi a Alex rāua ko tōna māmā i ngā kīhini kai, i hoatu taonga ki ngā kaiako me ngā kaimahi o te kura, i tohaina ngā kete tiaki me ngā kai reka, i tohaina ngā ipu horoi i whakakiia ki ngā pūtea me...
I tīmata a Alex McKelvey o Washington State i te tau 2013 me te whāinga kia 60 ngā mahi pai i te wā o te 60 o ngā rā whānau o tōna kuia i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi o te tau kua hipa. Kua waihohia e te whānau o te ākonga kura tuatahi he nui o te moni tohutohu ki ngā kaiāwhina, kua mahi i te kīhini kai, kua hoko taonga tākaro hoki mō te Whare Hauora o ngā Tamariki o St. Jude. I tenei ra, kua mahi ia i nga mahi atawhai 487; i te Poutu-te-rangi 22, 2015 ka tutuki ia i te 600.