A Random Act of Kindness at Giant

I want to share a wonderful story about a random act of kindness that happened to my daughter's girl scout leader, and their troop. 

Yesterday, my daughter's girl scout troop had a cookie booth.  It was your typical day trying to sell cookies outside of a store, well until the end of the day.  And, little did we know at the time, the events that would transpire the next day. 

We did a brisk business all afternoon.  It was a bit cold and windy, but we all made the best of it.  The girls had fun, making up songs and trying to get customers to purchase cookies.  Even though we were all pretty cold, it was a fun afternoon.

As we were getting ready to pack up for the day, a man and his wife approached the booth.  He was looking for Tagalongs.  Tagalong cookies are these wonderful crispy wafers, with peanut butter, and covered in chocolate.  Unfortunately, we were out of them.  The man wanted two cases (24 boxes).  Quite a large sale for anyone.  The two leaders scrambled, made some calls, and made arrangements to get the cookies.  One of the the leaders would have to meet him the next day to get his order to him, and he seemed fine with that arrangement.

The next day the leader, and her husband, met the man at a Rutters, made the exchange, and everyone went their separate ways.  But that's not the end of the story.

From Rutter's, the leader, and her husband, went over the Giant to do some grocery shopping.  As they were checking out, they just happened to run into the man again.  He told them that he purchased a winning lottery ticket at the Rutter's store where they had just met.  He said he wanted to share the winnings with the girls.  The man explained that he was a former boy scout leader, and then he gave our leader a one hundred dollar bill.  The leader was shocked and couldn't believe how things had worked out that morning.  She hugged him, and thanked him profusely, as her husband shook the man's hand 'till it was about to fall off.'  She couldn't believe what had just happened.

Great people are out there, and they do good things.  I'm so glad that I learned about it, and that my daughter's troop was on the receiving end.  I hope these girl scouts always carry this man's generosity with them, and pay it forward down the line.  It was wonderful that this man was so generous, and that he chose to share his winnings with them.

I don't know if this man will ever see this blog, but I personally want to say Thank You!

Right now, the girls in this junior troop are working on their bronze awards.  They are all giving 20 hours of their time to various charities of their choice.

And another thank you to our awesome troop leaders.  This wouldn't have happened without your efforts.  Sometimes great people come together and wonderful things happen.