PENNsylvania PENN Pals – What started as a simple assignment for a young student named Neil Petit, who hails from Waynesburg, Pa., turned into a cross-country friendship exchange.
Neil’s teacher, Mr. Zack Patton, from West Greene High School in Waynesburg, Pa, piqued his students’ curiosity by asking them to write a letter to a small town business out of state. Neil chose Bayak’s Convenience Store in Johnson Bayou because he saw on the internet that it was a small coastal store that offered fishing supplies and bait for saltwater and freshwater fishing.