When this hungry 16 year-old boy went to a Kroger grocery store one day, he never expected what would happen next to change his life!

Chauncy Jones was a straight-A student living with his mother when he decided to try and get a job to help her pay rent. One day, he went to Kroger, which he called the “rich peoples’ store,” in the hopes of getting something to eat. While there, he encountered shopper Matt White and asked if he could carry the man’s bags to his car for him in return for a pack of glazed donuts.

Matt was heartbroken by Chauncy’s situation, and he decided to give him a whole lot more than just donuts! Instead, he purchased toiletry items and cereal and other food products for Chauncy and his mother, Barbara, before delivering it to their home personally.

Matt took to Facebook to recount what happened in a post that has since gone viral.

“I just met the most inspiring person ever. His name is Chauncy Jones. He’s a 16-year-old from  Memphis … He approached me while I was shopping for produce asking if he could help me carry my grocery bags to my car in exchange for buying him a pack of glazed donuts,” Matt wrote. “This kid looked like he had been turned down 100 times. He looked ashamed, hungry and broken. In my heart, I screamed a loud “yes!”, But to him, I just chuckled and said, “yeah dude, we’ll get you some donuts.” I asked him if he was by himself and he said that he had come all the way out here with the hopes of someone buying him something to eat because he and his mother had nothing at home. He had no phone, a bus pass, and he was depending on the graces of a stranger to feed him within the hour before the bus left.”

“So, needless to say, he and I went on a shopping spree. We had so much fun! We got cereal and chips and frozen veggies, pizzas, Cheetos, melons and pasta, peanut butter, milk, soap, toothbrushes, just a little bit of everything. All the while we talked and he told me how he makes straight A’s in school and is trying to get a job to help his mom pay rent. This kid was amazing,” he continued. “Chauncy kept calling himself poor, but he told me that one day he was gonna be wealthy and own his own businesses so that he could help other people in his neighborhood and buy them groceries like me. I was in awe.”

The kindness Matt showed this family is truly incredible, and he didn’t stop there!

“I gave him a ride home so that he didn’t have to take the bus and when we got to his house I was truly humbled,” he recalled. “He wasn’t kidding. He and his mom had nothing. They didn’t even have beds or furniture. They were sleeping on pads made out of sleeping bags; they had two lamps and nothing in their fridge. Nothing. His mother was so sweet but very fragile. I couldn’t tell what it was, but she had some sort of physical and/ or mental disability that made her shake and made walking difficult. I thought I was going to cry.”

“As we unpacked the food into their kitchen, you could see the hope coming back into Chauncy’s eyes,” Matt wrote. “He knew he wasn’t going to be hungry. He looked like a kid again. As I was leaving, I gave him a hug and told him how much God loved him and that he was going to grow up to be an incredible man. I’ll never forget that hug. It meant more to me than any possession I have. Our God is an awesome God, and we can never be thankful enough for the blessings we have.”

Afterwards, Matt started a GoFundMe page for Chauncy, and he has since raised over $300,000 for this family! He recently updated the page with some amazing news.

“As of today, Barbara and Chauncy have a new life,” he wrote. “God has provided for them a home, a car, a new school, he has restored Barbara’s health and continues to present them with endless opportunities for the future. Every dollar donated to Chauncy’s Chance was put into a protected trust that will provide them a secure future for decades. In every sense of the word, God has provided.”

We need more good people like this in the world!

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