{"id":147236,"date":"2018-06-27T13:11:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bristol-uni-students-raise-1500-to-send-cleaner-on-holiday\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:11:59","slug":"bristol-uni-students-raise-1500-to-send-cleaner-on-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bristol-uni-students-raise-1500-to-send-cleaner-on-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Uni students raise \u00a31,500 to send cleaner on holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption Herman Gordon said it's important to keep away "negative vibes" <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A cleaner at Bristol university has been gifted \u00a31,500 after students crowdfunded the money to send him to Jamaica.<\/p>\n

The money was raised to fund a week's trip for Herman Gordon and his wife to visit family.<\/p>\n

"He is the epitome of happiness," the JustGiving page where over 230 supporters donated money says.<\/p>\n

A video of Herman being surprised with the money was later shared online and shows him breaking down in tears.<\/p>\n

The gift was accompanied by a note addressed from "Bristol Students", which thanked Herman for his "positive energy" over the years. <\/p>\n

"You have brightened many of our days and we want you to know that we love and appreciate you."<\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @JAHeale <\/p>\n

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Here is the video of a Bristol University cleaner breaking down in tears after students fundraised \u00a31500 for him and his wife to go on holiday this summer pic.twitter.com\/em1Iaf5CDF<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Heale (@JAHeale) June 26, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Report <\/p>\n

End of Twitter post by @JAHeale<\/p>\n

Herman has worked at Bristol University as part of the cleaning staff for 12 years.<\/p>\n

In terms of the positivity that so many students praise him for, Herman told Newsbeat it's important to keep away "negative vibes".<\/p>\n

"I know that these students are studying. You don't want any negative vibes around them.<\/p>\n

"They speak good things to me, I speak good things to them, and I bless them all."<\/p>\n

According to an admin from the Bristruths Facebook page (an anonymous "truth" page for Bristol University), the idea for Herman's trip came from a Facebook post. <\/p>\n

"It all started with this post on the 19th May," they told Newsbeat. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Bristruths <\/figure>\n

The initial post called Herman "the jolliest man I have ever met" and said "if you wanna reason to smile, go talk to him for a min or two".<\/p>\n

A day later, another anonymous Facebook user posted that they were starting a crowdfunding page for him.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Bristruths <\/figure>\n

Within five days, they'd almost reached their target. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Bristruths <\/figure>\n

Herman said that he was overcome with emotion when he received the money from the students.<\/p>\n

He'd never mentioned anything about wanting to go away, so receiving the money was "out of the blue". <\/p>\n

"I don't know if you know that song - 'Many a tear has to fall\/But it's all in the game'," he said. <\/p>\n

"That's what happened. A lot of tears."<\/p>\n

Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. <\/p>\n

Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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