Carlos Valdez and his wife loved pizza. They always requested that the pies be brought to them by their ___1___ deliveryman, Newey. At 89 years old, Newey is ___2___ than other deliveryman, yet the Valdezes fell in love with his positive attitude and his cheerful ___3___, “Hello, are you looking for some pizza?” The Valdezes were so taken by Newey’s charming manner that they started ___4___ Newey’s deliveries and posting them to their TikTok. Soon he became ___5___ and had 53,000 followers.
But as much as people loved him, a lot of them expressed ___6___ that an elderly man was still spending so many hours on the job. With that in mind, the Valdezes decided to reach out to their fans in hopes of ___7___ money to help Newey. “As a TikTok community, we all came together and got $12,000 for this ___8___ person,” Valdez said.
Last Tuesday, Newey got a surprise delivery at his own home. Valdez ___9___ at his door with a T-shirt that read “Hello, are you looking for some pizza?” in one hand — and a ___10___ for $12,069 in the other.
The senior deliveryman, who was working as many as 30 hours a week, was moved by the ___11___ of so many strangers. “I don’t know what to say,” Newey added excitedly.
For his part, Valdez was thrilled to be able to ___12___ something back to a man who’d delivered much joy to those around him. “This couldn’t have gone any ___13___,” Valdez said. “He needed this. I’m just glad we could ___14___ him. We just need to treat people with kindness and respect the way he does. He ___15___ our hearts.”
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