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it feels bad. reporter: you can be picked on. you can t do nothing about it. reporter: melvin anderson is in seventh grade. he was getting teased for wearing worn-out shoes, until one day he showed up in mr. brown s class with a bright, orange box. i asked him who purchased the sneakers. and he said mellow. and i was taken back a little bit, and i was shocked. reporter: shocked, because romello early is another kid in the class. romello says it really bothered him seeing melvin bullied, so much so, that one day he came home in tears and wait forward his mother. when she got home, i said, mom, you could take away anything you are getting me for christmas, or you could take my allowance. i just want to get him some shoes. reporter: why did this bother you so? because nobody deserved to get put down based on a pair of ....
Shoes that he s going to eventually grow out of. reporter: so romello scrad together $135. it was his life s savings, but he has no regrets. it made me feel happy to see that big smile on his face. reporter: was there a big smile? yeah. reporter: romello says his next goal is to convince fellow classmates that shoes were made for walking, not dividing and diminishing, which is music to the ears of mr. brown. it means everything to have mellow here, just being a good, you know, role model is going to be infectious, for sure. reporter: what started with a single pair of sneakers may now heal the soul of an entire school. steve hartman, on the road, in buffalo. garrett: we will be right back with new images from a galaxy far, far away. ok, we d open with creaky footsteps. ....