(bright music)
- So many people have stepped up
in big and small ways
during this pandemic.
One musician in North Carolina
has been live streaming his performances
and collecting donations, but
he's not keeping the money.
He's passing it along to others
who could use a little boost.
Not long ago, after ordering
from a local restaurant,
he dropped some unexpected
kindness on a waitress.
He left her $235 and wrote on the check,
"This tip is from people you may not know,
but people who love you and care for you.
Keep your head up-
you'll get through this."
This is, I'm totally not
gonna cry, but it's so sweet.
(chuckles)
I've been a waitress, and so
it's like, that never happened.
Let's get him on the line right now.
Nathan, can you hear me?
- There we are.
- Hey friend, how ya doin'?
- I'm doing great, hope you are.
- Oh my gosh, it's been a weird year, man.
I think we're all in agreement with that.
Hey, first of all, like I was a waitress.
From one former waitress to
that girl, you helped out.
Thank you so much, nobody tips like that.
(laughing)
I would have cried.
But how did this all come together?
- So whenever stuff started shutting down,
I just had a revelation to do what I can
and using what I have, and that
was music and social media.
And fortunately for me, you know,
I have a full time job outside of music,
so I only lost my music income.
But I knew there were people like servers
who were going down to no income.
So I took to Facebook Live and said,
"Hey, this is what I wanna do.
I'mma play y'all some songs, donate."
And so people donated, so I took that
and you know, would use that as a tip.
And so the first time I
called a local restaurant
and I was like, "Hey, I
know it's a weird question,
but do you have any single
parents that are servers?"
And the girl on the phone
was Jessica and she was like,
"Yeah, I'm a single parent."
I was like, "Okay cool, thanks."
And you know, hung up. (chuckles)
And then I ended up calling back
and placing a order, and
that's when I went in
and left the first tip of $235 to Jessica.
- I mean, it's truly amazing
and so out of nowhere for someone.
And after you left that first tip, though,
you learned a lot more
about that waitress, right?
- I did, absolutely.
Going into it, I had no idea that Jessica
had health concerns and you know,
she was not only a mother
of three kids of her own,
but she also has, you
know, type one diabetes
and was scheduled for a pancreas implant
and some other kinds of transplants.
And obviously, that was
postponed due to COVID.
So I mean, I was just
very happy to be able
to help a little bit, you know,
to someone who was so deserving of it.
- Thank you so much, Nathan,
I'm liking your post right now.
(dings)
I'm liking you even more.
You are so cool to do this.
- (laughs) Thanks.
- I just wanted to say
thank you for joining us
and also teaching us that
we can all do something,
even if it's a little here and there.
It really does make a big
difference for people.
- Absolutely, yes.
Thank you, Kelly.
