The owner of a hot dog stand recently stepped up to donate a kidney to one of his customers. In the wake of this incredible act, he is offering free hot dogs for life to anyone else who decides to become a donor as well.

Skully White, owner of Lullys Food Experience in British Columbia, Canada, donated a kidney last month to Tim Hiscock, one of his most devoted customers. When White heard last year that Hiscock needed a kidney, he knew right away that he had to do something.

“He was a customer for almost three years before I knew his name,” White explained to the Vancouver Sun. “One day his wife called me up and said he had some medical issues and I wasn’t supposed to feed him without her permission.”

Hiscock had long suffered from diabetes, and this led to advanced kidney failure in May of 2019. When White heard about Hiscock’s health struggles, he told him he’d donate a kidney to him if he was a blood match.

“Two days later, Skully contacted us saying that his lab results came back and Tim could have one of his kidneys,” said Hiscock’s wife Cindy.

The transplant at Vancouver General Hospital was a success, and both White and Hiscock were discharged within a few days. The official Lullys Food Experience Facebook page now states that it will be offering free hot dogs for life to anyone who donates a kidney like White did. The hot dog vendor said that he decided to make this offer in the hopes of encouraging others to step up and give a kidney to save someone else’s life.

“It shouldn’t scare anyone … You have two kidneys and by the time you die, you won’t even have used half of one,” he said. “People live all the time with one kidney.”

In the end, White is hoping that people will take away from this that donating a kidney is “not a big deal” in the grand scheme of life.

“I think it will actually be really fun,” he said. “They’re taking something out of my body and putting it into his, and it’s really going to help him. Why not?”

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