A dedicated father who had been chaperoning his daughter to school on his shoulders has been gifted a car. Making the 1.8-mile journey on foot every single day each way, whatever the weather, the man’s 6-year-old daughter never once missed a day of school and was never tardy.
However, the father, who wishes to remain anonymous, did not go unnoticed by his Atlanta, Georgia, community.
A local charitable foundation that “adopts” a single-parent household every holiday season and surprises them with Christmas gifts chose the father and his daughter as their 2020 recipients.
It was philanthropist Monet Farr Bartell, her husband, and their friend—the principal of the little girl’s school—that teamed up to submit the successful nomination.
Discovering that the father could not afford a vehicle, but was taking his daughter to school on his shoulders to make the trip “more fun,” Monet and the school principal dreamed up a spectacular gift idea: They wanted to buy him a car.
The founder of the charity revealed that her husband had a car for sale and reveals the price. After liaising with her cousin, who spread the word among potential donors, Monet’s Cash App was flooded with generous contributions. The car was shortly purchased and a handover date was agreed upon.
Heartwarming footage on her Facebook video depicts the moment that the car keys were handed over to the shocked, humbled father, changing the dad-daughter duo’s school commute forever.
Monet also brought her kids along to witness the joyful act. For the givers, the act of gifting a car to a single father, who sacrificed on a daily basis for his daughter’s education, made the holiday season come alive.