A touching act of kindness in a small town is now being seen around the world -- and it started with this Facebook post: 
 
 Sumter, S.C., police officer Gaetano Acerra reached out to Cameron Simmons, 13, after the boy called police following a fight with his mother. Simmons told the officer he didn't want to live there anymore. 
 
 Acerra learned Simmons suffered from back pain because he slept on an air mattress that deflated during the night. And the boy had almost no other bedroom furniture at all, according to WIS-TV. 
 
 "My heart went out for him," Acerra told the station. "I thought the little things that he needed I could give him, to make him a happier kid." 
 
 So Acerra returned a few weeks later with a bed, a desk, a chair and a television. He even got a game system for the teen that someone had donated after hearing the story. Acerra plans to come back in the future with more furniture. 
 
 He also gave the kid something far more important: friendship. 
 
 "I didn't do this for publicity or to get people to notice me," Acerra told WIS. "I did it because I could. It was the right thing to do and I think people should do things like this." 
 
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 A Sumter police officer went above and beyond for a 13-year-old boy. 
 
 A few weeks ago, 13-year-old Cameron Simmons called Sumter police because he was upset after fighting with his mom. The teenager told police he didn't want to live in the house with his family anymore. 
 
 Officer Gaetano Acerra responded to the call. 
 
 "I said, ‘You have it good, you have a roof over your head,'" said Acerra. "I told him I would try to help him out, and here we are now." 
 
 
 
 The officer brought Simmons home, and realized the boy didn't have a real bed. In fact, Simmons didn't have nearly anything he needed for a bedroom. 
 
 "My heart went out for him," said Acerra. "I thought the little things that he needed I could give him, to make him a happier kid." 
 
 A few weeks after the call, Acerra showed up at Simmon's house with a truck full of gifts. 
 
 "Bed, TV, desk, chair, a Wii game system that somebody donated to me because of the story I told them," said Acerra. 
 
 Simmons told Acerra that because of the new bed, his back won't hurt anymore. 
 
 Simmons was sleeping on an inflatable mattress. The teenager said the mattress would slowly deflate throughout the night. 
 
 "I didn't do this for publicity or to get people to notice me," Acerra said. "I did it because I could. It was the right thing to do and I think people should do things like this." 
 
 Officer Acerra said he has gained more than just a few pats on the back; he's gained friend. 
 
 Acerra gave Simmons his cell phone number, and told him to call anytime. 
 
 Acerra plans to bring Simmons more bedroom furniture, including a dresser and mirror. 
 
 A spokesperson from the Sumter Police Department said Thursday since the story aired, Officer Acerra has fielded a few calls from people wanting to help the Simmons family. 
 
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– Few calls to police go quite as well as the one 13-year-old Cameron Simmons placed a few weeks ago. After an argument with his mom, the Sumter, SC, teen called the police to say he was done living with his family. Officer Gaetano Acerra soon arrived and told Simmons to stick it out. "I said, 'You have it good, you have a roof over your head,'" Acerra tells WISTV 10. But Acerra saw that Simmons didn't have it so good; his bedroom, for example, lacked a bed. Acerra gave the teen his number and said he'd try to help. Weeks later he showed up in a truck bearing a bed, a TV, a desk, a chair, and even a Wii. "I did it because I could. It was the right thing to do." Since WISTV aired the story, the police department says people have called asking how they, too, can help the family. Acerra's brother is MMA fighter Ferdinando Acerra, and his Facebook post about the good deed also is generating offers of help, notes the Huffington Post. (Click to read about another police officer who played Good Samaritan, this time after a shoplifting arrest.)