With all the government entitlements out there these days creating the dependency mentality, it's so refreshing to see charity done the old way. You know, the way described in the Bible. To feel good about yourself doing good for others instead of the government way of wanting something in return...
Shoe shiner donates $200K in tips to children in needAlbert Lexie has been shining shoes at Children's Hospital for 32 years!
PITTSBURGH —It starts before dawn in the Pittsburgh darkness as the 88 Penn pulls up in front of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Albert Lexie gets off.
For 32 years, Lexie has been examining his schedule each morning, like a doctor on the clock. But the longtime shoe shiner’s gift isn’t healing, it’s giving back.
A shoe shine costs $5, but Lexie said customers have been generous with their tips since he started working at the hospital in 1981.
“Most of them give $6, some of them give $7,” Lexie told Channel 4 Action News anchor Wendy Bell.
And Lexie gives every cent of his tips back to the children.
“I think he does it because he loves the kids,” said Dr. Joseph Carcillo. “He's donated over a third of his lifetime salary to the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund.”
The money goes to parents of sick children who can’t afford to pay medical costs.
“He's a philanthropist, is what he is,” said Carcillo. “He's an entrepreneur.”
Lexie has donated $200,000 to the cause, bringing in several hundred dollars a week.
“I had a doctor who gave me a $50 bill for Christmas,” he told Bell with a laugh. For a simple man who’s been shining shoes since about 1957, Lexie admits, “It’s good to be a hero.”
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Source: WTAE
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