People Love to Pitch in and Help Deserving People

BootprintsI came across a wonderful story involving human kindness on the Good News Network. Trenton Lewis is a 21-year-old single dad who works for a UPS facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. For seven months he faithfully got up in the very early morning so that he could walk 5.5 miles to work in time for his 4:00 am shift. At the end of his shift, he walked the same 5.5 miles back home. Though he never told his coworkers about the way he commuted to and from work, they eventually found out and pitched in to buy him a used car. Mr. Lewis’ coworkers then lured him into the parking lot for a brief “union meeting,” and presented him the keys to a 2006 Saturn Ion. Mr. Lewis, who is described as a “stoic” person, could not contain his emotions over the gift. Kenneth Bryant, who headed up the effort to collect the money and buy the car, had this to say about Mr. Lewis’ situation: “For a young person to decide in their mind ‘if I don’t have a ride, if I can’t get a ride then I’ll walk,’ if a guy can do that, we can pitch in to help.” If you would like to read this very moving article in its entirety and/or see the video of Mr. Lewis being handed the keys to his car, click on this link.




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