Like many small, rural towns across the country, Leeton, Mo., has been squeezed by bigger towns and shopping malls. The once booming town that now has barely 600 residents saw its last grocery store close in the late 1990s.  Bonnie Seymour, a lifelong resident of Leeton and high school teacher at Leeton School, took matters into her own hands and turned the crisis into a teaching moment. Seymour and fellow teacher Marijayne Manley focused their agricultural business and entrepreneurship classes on business and community, eventually convincing the school to fund the Bulldog Express, the only grocery store in town. Students take what they learn in class and apply it to operating the small store, which includes working the cash registers, serving customers and cleaning and maintaining the Bulldog Express. The Good for You Network would like to say Good for You! to Bonnie Seymour and her students for taking matters into their own hands and making their world a better place!

ABC News, 10/17/2011