A heartfelt gesture was delivered to a Virginia UPS driver last week.
Anthony Gaskins was moved to tears when members of a community in Chesterfield County banded together to thank him for his reported record number of daily deliveries – over 180 – during the coronavirus crisis.
“I wanted to thank him personally for how much he helped me feel welcome when I moved in during a pandemic. It was terribly lonely and he was always the highlight of my day. Mentioning this to a few people and the response I got was all I needed to know I was not alone,” Hallsley neighbor Patty Friedman wrote in an email, FOX 13 shared.
To show how much his hard work meant to the neighbors, hundreds lined the road where Gaskins drives with signs and banners thanking him for all he does.
“Arriving on bikes, on foot, and in more than 75 cars, hundreds of Hallsley residents lined the road and waited for Anthony to turn the corner,” she wrote. “A humble man, he needed to be coaxed, but eventually, slowly drove his truck down the road while children and adults held up signs, screamed his name, honked their horns, and rang bells.”
The sweet moment brought the driver to tears. Though, after delivering a few words, he reportedly returned right back to work, delivering packages to those who need them.
Damn, believe me when I tell you this type of work is extremely hard. You experience all kinds of weather. In the city they have been shot for delivering at night in the hood. You deal,with all the aholes driving around. God bless this guy. He earns every penny he’s paid.