Thereaction of one homeless manshowed him how generous a person even with little means can be.
He deliberately chose to stop asking for money for himself, to make it help Riceman.
Riceman then gave him some cash and a hug, moved by his desire to help someone in need.
The money wasn’t meant to buy eggs and milk, however.
Instead, the two friends used it to surprise 15 shoppers bybuying their groceries for them.
One woman offered to pay for the next person’s groceries.
Another blew him a kiss and said, “I love you!”
A third told the cashier, “That just gave me chills!”
“Now you’re going to make me cry,” she said.
“Let’s truly love our neighbor, whatever that looks like for you.
We did this with no strings attached,“Westerman toldToday.
Let someone over, in traffic, or smile at someone.”
One of his final wishes was to give a waiter or waitress a $500 tip.
The woman held a sign reading “I am in need of winter boots and winter clothing items.”
She wrote on herFacebook post, “I had everything in that bag that she needed.
Shirts, sweatshirts, gloves, scarves, etc.”
That’s when the woman stopped her and offered her the old, dirty boots she had been wearing.
McGuire wrote, “She, who had nothing, offered me these boots.Herboots.
I wore them all the way home.”
Then Ellen gave her another ten thousand dollars for herself.
Rahat had already given the cashier one thousand dollars beforehand.
Eric tried to give some of the money to Rahat.
When he refused to take it, Eric cried and gave him a big hug.
He said, “I’ve been doing this a long time.
And I’ve never had somebody do what you just did back there.”
The original video went viral, and people wanted to help Eric.
Rahat set up a fund, and in 17 days, raised $44 thousand.
and laughed, as he pointed at the “Welcome Home” sign affixed to the wall.
I thank you for sticking with me and I thank you for believing in me.”
Many of the recipients cried when they saw what was tucked inside.
Raji greeted Quinn and then asked her mom to pay for his food.
Her mother, Mimi, is a retired police officer, as well.
Raji felt that the police were an important part of her life and wanted to support them.
She knows their job is hard.
She knows they put their lives on the line for us."
A first grader shaved his head in solidarity
First gradersVincent Butterfield and Zac Gossagewere best friends.
They loved hanging out at school and being silly together.
But then, tragedy struck.
After feeling tired and sick, Gossage was diagnosed with leukemia.
Even though the treatments exhausted him, Gossage continued going to school.
Then Butterfield took his support a step further by shaving his head.
A reporter fromInside Editionasked the boys, “What is friendship?”
Butterfield responded, “A beautiful thing.”
She gets a kick out of it.
“I love it,” she said, “And they seem to like it also.
So it’s been a fun few years.”
They also shared a video of thanks that they had made for her.
They invited him back to the fire station and it’s been his second home ever since.
He’s spent six hours a day there, every day, for nearly 60 years.
The firefighters see him as family.
“It’s really special,“one firefighter told CBS.
He said he didn’t like thinking about it.
It seems that the department gets as much out of it as Tumminello does.
If we get a call and have to leave our dinner there, Tony gets up, too.
He’ll shut the garage door for us and let us in when we get back.
He’s the only resident in Lansing who has a key to the fire department in hand.”
“One day I pulled up there and there’s the walk shoveled,” Caldwell told CBS.
He was so touched, he said, “My knees about buckled on me.”
Ebert explained, “We were just doing what we felt was our job.
Everyone, regardless of their means, can give back to others.
What will you do to pay it forward?
