Muthersbaugh currently works as an emergency medical technician in Guilford County and is doing a photojournalism internship with the Burlington Times-News. He had met the Truitts when he served as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Phoenix mascot and noticed their enthusiastic cheering in the stands at football and basketball games.
“They were always at the games and were great to interact with, so one time I took off the suit between games of a double header and just walked up and introduced myself,” Muthersbaugh says. “I was immediately welcomed and I have since been “adopted” as one of their many ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ children. They are just that kind of people.”
Muthersbaugh knew the Truitts would make great subjects for his photo portfolio and began to document their connections to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.
“Our friendship just grew,” Dolores Truitt says. “We had an opportunity to meet his parents on a couple of occasions and attended his graduation from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 2006 and the party afterwards. He is such a nice person – we feel blessed to have had him in our lives as we have with so many of the students passing through our lives here at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. In fact, my screen saver is a picture of John and I in our maroon hair at a football game with Scott in his Phoenix suit standing between us.”
To view Muthersbaugh’s slide show, click on the link below…