DOING THE RIGHT THING

[Duchess]

 I don't think though  it should it entitle them to being a minor celebrity or any special treatment beyond the recognition.

Thank you! That's exactly what I was trying to express. I agree that people should be thanked, I'm not an ingrate, but I think trying to contact the mayor so that the community would recognize what the kids did was a bridge too far for me. Most of us were taught as children to do the right thing without the expectation of being rewarded in some manner. Am I being a hardass here? I don't know!