It’s the time of year when we’re supposed to focus on what we’re grateful for, but sometimes between the mad
scramble for Black Friday deals and Christmas gifts, gratitude can diminish.
Sometimes, it takes actions speaking louder than words to rekindle our hearts, and that is exactly what happened one
night when Kate McClure found herself stranded on the side of a highway with no gas in her car—all alone.
Kate obliged, and just a few minutes later, Johnny returned with a red can of gas—it cost him his last $20.
It was the kind of favor you could rarely even rely on a friend to do, let alone a complete stranger, and so, committed to
paying it forward, Kate spent the next few weeks donating clothing and some money to Johnny.
They were small gestures, but she started to feel it wasn’t enough—that Johnny’s incredible act of selflessness deserved
more.
And so Kate did something that would change both of their lives forever: she started a GoFundMe page, unlocking the
power of social media and the click of a mouse so that anyone on Earth that wanted to help could.
And help they did…
“I don’t have an explanation for it,” said Mark D’Amico, Kate’s boyfriend who helped her start the GoFundMe page, “I
think it was the perfect storm.”
$313,924 is the current donation amount, massively exceeding the humble $10,000 goal they’d originally set:
Over 10,000 people from around the world have donated so far.
“We wanted to make sure he was safe, and go from there,” said Kate, “I remember when we got our first donation, we
were like, ‘holy crap.'”
Even when the amount had reached a mere $769, Johnny was stunned and grateful, saying in a video captured by the
couple, “ that’s amazing. Damn, y’all did all that. That is awesome.”
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