Single father who walked 11 miles to work every day gifted car by coworkers
Trenton Lewis, a 21-year-old single father, got up before dawn every day to walk 11 miles to his 4 a.m. shift at UPS in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Lewis didn’t have a car, but he knew that he couldn’t let that stand in the way of getting to his job. After all, he had a 14-month-old daughter, Karmen, to look after.
“My pride is strong,” he told CNN. “Whatever she needs, I’m the person who is supposed to provide it for her.”
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Lewis made the trek for seven months before his coworkers found out that Lewis was walking to work each day.
Helping a friend in need
Patricia “Mama Pat” Bryant, who had been working for UPS for almost 40 years with her husband, knew something had to be done.
“She was like a second mom,” Lewis said. “She actually got upset with me when she found out I was walking to work.”
“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,'” Patricia’s husband, Kenneth Bryant, said. “If a guy can do that, we can pitch in to help.”
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So, the Bryants quietly let their coworkers in on what was going on and took up a collection.
“Everybody that I talked to said yes! The hardest part was reminding them to bring cash,” Kenneth Bryant said. “I told the seller what I was doing and who it was for and he said he was willing to work with me on a price.”
The surprise meeting
Once the group of coworkers at UPS were able to get the 2006 Saturn Ion, they even fixed up a small ding on the bumper. After all, they wanted everything to go perfectly for their colleague who was working so hard to support his daughter as a single father.
They told Lewis that they were coming together for a “union meeting,” but when Lewis arrived, Kenneth Bryant pulled out the keys to the car.
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Needless to say, Lewis was stunned.
“God always has something for you,” said Lewis. “I’m never going to forget this ever.”
