Lloyd Dong Jr., now 81 years old, told NBC News that the Thompsons gave their family a start with the land, and now it’s their turn to give others the same opportunity. He said, “Without them ...

“Without them, we would not have the education and everything else,” Lloyd Dong Jr. said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...