Mountain Brook Community Rallies Behind Lunchroom Worker

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — The Mountain Brook community is coming together to support one of the high school's most popular staff members in the wake of a personal tragedy. Residents are donating to a GoFundMe fundraiser to help raise money for Micah Mumford after his house in Pratt City burned down.

Mumford, who has worked in the Mountain Brook High School lunchroom for 10 years, lived with his cousin in their grandparents' home before two fires burned the house down. No one was injured in the event, but the family lost everything in the fire.

Mountain Brook students immediately started spreading the word about the GoFundMe through Twitter, and have even started a collection box for clothes for Mumford and his cousin. The account, as well as two other's started in his honor, has raised almost $19,000, all of which Mumford intends to use to replace everything he lost in the fire.

For the time being, Mumford and his cousin are staying with his mother, and Mumford told AL.com that he is thankful for the community's support in his time of need.

"Sometimes it takes losing all you have to realize none of it matters,'' Mumford said to AL.com. "There's not enough thank-yous to say thank you to everybody."