Rhode Island, contractorĀ Donald ThelaĀ finally decided to hang up his hammer after 50 years and retired about six months ago. Over the years, heād built up quite a collection of tools and materials that heād been trying to sell in recent months to help fund the final years of his life. The tools were valued at about 50 grand!
But when Thela saw a story on the news aboutĀ Juan Carlos MoralesĀ and how heād lost all his tools when someone stole his work van from a Loweās parking lot, he had a better idea of what to do with some of his old tools: heād donate them to Morales. āWell, I got a lot of tools that Iām not going to sell. He might as well have them,ā Thela explains. āA terrible thing to lose a truck with everything in it.ā
Since thieves ran off with Moralesā van, heās been forced to cancel all the jobs he had lined up and wasnāt sure how heād be able to get back to working. But now with the donated tools from Thela, he can return to work. And itās restored some faith in humanity for Morales, too. āIām happy because around me has been a lot of good people,ā Morales says. āThat makes me happy because they helped me a lot.ā
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