Giving Stories

I’m from Anchorage, AK. I see numerous homeless people on the streets of the city. Seeing them in the snow breaks my heart. I found one individual who seemed desperately in need. I always see her lying under the bridge with an umbrella atop of her. I explained to her Payday’s Angels on the Street initiative and gave her the money. She was incredibly grateful and brought a smile to both our faces.

I went to the store and bought three turkeys for three families. After I got the Angels on the Street money, I got more groceries and put everything in the bag with my wife. I met this lady and explained to her how it works. The lady hugged me and cried. She said thank you because she is a single mother with nothing for her family. I told her I was happy to do this […]

I was in line at Smith’s with a young couple with children in front of me. The clerk told them their total. She had a look on her face with worry. She asked the clerk if she could take some items off the total. While she was thinking about what to take off, I handed the envelope to her. I explained the meaning of the envelope to her. She was so happy that she hugged […]

This past weekend we were invited to a toy drive as we were handing out items to kids there a lady walking by and she stopped to ask me how she goes about getting items for her kids unfortunately we had already passed all the toys out she was crying telling me about what a rough few months she has been having and she was upset that she would not be able to afford to […]

On Sunday afternoon I was doing my usual routine getting ready for the work week, filling up my gas tank. The pumps weren’t taking cards so you had to go inside, usually at this point I leave and go to another gas station but I saw there were only 2 people in line and decided to go in. The lady in front of me had her 2 small children. She approached the counter and attempted […]