>> homecoming king is brandon gruber! >> reporter: oh, yeah. don becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story, except that it's not. >> i decided to make it the beginning of my new journey. >> reporter: you see, feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> so, what we're going to do is we're going to get you started measuring you. >> reporter: brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other aptos high students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, dresses, tickets and transportation for kids who, due to special needs or low income would have been left out of such fun. but won't be this time. >> for everyone. >> reporter: all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure but one who is also just plain special. >> he's working it! >> he's got the moves. i love it. >> a great dancer as well. so, this was for the winter ball which was last weekend. brandon's going to do the sam

>> 2014 homecoming king is brendon gruber. >> oh, yeah. brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story, except that it's not. >> i decided to make it the beginning. of my new journey. >> you see, feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> so what we're going to do is get you started measuring you. >> brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other high school students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, dresses, tickets and transportation for kids who, due to special needs, or low income would have been left out of such fun, but won't be this time. >> all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure but one who is also just plain special. >> the next manure about to meet is in the process of changing his whole life you could say, into what? here's a clue. superhero. ricky packed a lot into just 31 years of life. athlete, musician arborist. now a new identity. the i

>> homecoming king, is brandon gruber! reporter: brandon becoming homecoming king would make a great ending to this story, except that it is not. >> i decided to make it the beginning. >> reporter: feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feelings. he began doing it by selling note cards with his artwork on them. >> what we are going to do is get you started measuring you. >> brandon making enough money to help half a dozen students go to this year's winter ball, tickets and transportation who kids due to special needs or low income would be left out of such fun but won't be this time. all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure, but one who is also just plain special. >> reporter: brandon had such a great experience at the winter ball. he said, he is planning to raise enough money to bring another half dozen friends to prom this spring. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> reporter: love that story. if you know someone doing something nice for others, go to

>> aptos high school homecoming king is brandon gruber. >> oh, yeah. eat ending to this story. except that it's not. >> i decided to make it the beginning of my new journey. >> you see, feeling a part of his school like never before had felt so good brandon couldn't wait to share the feeling. he began doing it by selling notecards with his artwork on them. >> so what we're going to do is get you started, merging you. >> brandon raising enough money to pay the way for half a dozen other aptos high students to go to this year's winter ball. tuxes, dresses, tickets, and transportation for the kids who, due to special needs or low income, would have been left out of such fun. but won't be this time. >> it's for everyone. >> all thanks to a young man with special needs, sure but one who is also just plain special. brandon had such a great experience at the winter ball he says he's planning to raise enough money to bring another half dozen friends to prom this spring. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> all right, nice story there. looked pretty good, brando