A man walked into a Costco in Florida and left with 100 generators, all of which are heading to The Bahamas.
His receipt read $49,285.70 and most of that came from paying $450 a pop for 100 generators. Peas, beans, coffee, salt, pepper and other essentials made up the rest of his mega purchase from a Costco in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday.
All of it is going to those in need on the hard-hit islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.
The farmer from Jacksonville told CNN – “About 100 generators and a truck load of food and chainsaws are all going by boat to Marsh Harbour in The Bahamas. It’s terrible and I’m sure you’ve seen the photos.”
The man wishes not to be named. He said he doesn’t want the attention and would rather that people focus on helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
“It’s important that we help each other out. It’s better than just sitting there,” he said. “You see a need and you fill it.”
The world knows about this man’s good deed because someone else was at that Costco buying a generator, as his was going out. He overheard someone talking about what the farmer just did.
Alec Sprague said – “I had to go up there to him and say, ‘Thank you for doing this,'” “I am so glad to see someone doing this.”
Sprague snapped a photo of the anonymous donor from behind and also shared an image of the many generators he purchased.
Trucks will drive the supplies to Stuart, Florida, where The farmer also arranged for a storage facility to help in the transportation.