Girl That Loses Her Father Before Daddy-Daughter Dance Gets The Most Heartwarming Gift

girl that loses her father before daddy daughter dance gets the most heartwarming gift avi cox like every other girl in her arkansas elementary school had the excitement for the year-end daddy-daughter dance somersaulting through her mind however with only a few months until the big night the eight-year-old's dreams crashed to the ground when her father suddenly passed away with no hope of attending the event evie was left inconsolable until her luck seemingly started to turn [Music] life was good for av cox to say avie cox was one of the happiest girls at school was an understatement she wore a smile every day had tons of friends who looked up to her and always wowed her teachers with enthusiasm life in arkansas was great a special night approaches the eight-year-old attended central elementary school in the city of van buren where her family also lived every year the school threw a special event specifically for the girls and the date was approaching evie was beyond excited annual father-daughter dance it was the annual father-daughter dance and avie could not wait to bring her dad corey along to share a night she'd remember forever unfortunately that holiday season left her dreams decimated tragedy strikes hard corey died suddenly ripping evie's family apart she and her mother were now alone and she'd miss out on the dance but most tragic of all evie was now missing a good friend they were very close evie's mom angelia bernard told today what's in the cards even dealing with the loss of her father evie couldn't help but think about the father-daughter dance she wasn't going to get to go and worse she was going to have to constantly talk about why she didn't know however what van buren police chief jamie hammond below was doing behind the scenes an email to the rescue he sent an email to the school resource officers in the area suggesting they step in if possible to help offer guidance to students lacking father figures as luck would have it one officer volunteered immediately an officer swoops in when nicole harvey the officer of av zone central elementary school learned of the girl's situation he had a special plan so he pitched it to avi's mother and hoped for the best standing in for dad he wanted to stand in for evie's dad at the dance harvey would ensure a night of much-needed fun something the girl desperately craved for after losing a parent avi's mom was completely on board with the plan but harvey himself was nervous butterflies that's because he had to actually ask avy himself if she wanted to go with him the on-campus officer spent all day at work getting up the nerves to ask the eight-year-old then at lunch he saw her sitting at the lunch table two dreams come true he nearly chickened out but knew he had to ask even though harvey had three grown daughters of his own he'd never had the opportunity to attend their school dances he saw this as the perfect chance to make two dreams come true the ask she was sitting at a lunch table harvey recalled and i walked up and said hey did you talk to your mom and she said yeah and i'm like would you like to be my date for the daddy daughter dance and so she's like yes and i was like phew so he went to work planning the day harvey wanted the night to be one avy would never forget he went out and secured a few surprise gifts for the student and practiced a few dance moves every time avy saw him at school she reminded him of how many days until the dance an even bigger surprise when the big day arrived nicole harvey put on his best suit and went over to avie's house the smiling couple posed for photos and then harvey presented his date with something no one not even her mom saw coming check out that whip see when harvey arrived at avi's house he was driving a police cruiser the eight-year-old thought she was going to have the best ride to the dance out of the entire school but then the duo's real ride showed up pulling out the stops evie's jaw hit the ground in awe as such a massive stretch hummer pulled around the corner and stopped in front of her home this was their ride harvey pulled out all the stops when it came to the evening's event and he wasn't done yet party like a rock star he even made savvy fashion choices admitting he bought a new tie and handkerchief to match avi's dress and i ordered a corsage evie felt like a rock star but nothing compared to the excitement once they arrived living it up the music was pumping the kids were laughing and everyone was getting funky on the dance floor evie was living out a night she never thought possible but the night nearly took a nosedive when one student asked avie a pointed question tonight i'm her dad the student asked avi if harvey was her dad no this is our school resource officer she said harvey couldn't help but smile a bit i looked at avi and then i said well tonight i'm her dad happiness at the end of the night the father of three was completely smitten with his young date to the dance i know she's not my kid he said but for a couple hours it really felt like she was i even get to twirl her but harvey had even more surprises in store making the news after the dance harvey took avey out for some ice cream it was nice to watch avi just taking it all in harvey proudly stated the entire gesture was so special that avi even made the news an unbreakable bond the local media outlets could not get enough of the fantastic night that harvey's touching act of kindness created for both him and avi before the dance harvey was simply av school resource officer now their relationship was something more best night ever we've become really best friends through all of this harvey said evie's mum could not have been more thankful as well it was such a bright spot evie keeps saying it was the best night ever an important message for parents harvey teared up during an interview afterward enjoy your kids appreciate their childhood because they won't be little for very long the night even had a potential impact on avi's future career one kind act's potential expressed interest in someday taking her life down the path of law enforcement hoping to one day earn a badge herself officers that went out of their way to help everyone were especially interesting to avi you