A kind-hearted Uber driver delivered over $12,000 worth of food to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee after a nurse passenger told him she’s hungry.
57-year-old Uber driver Tammy Rivera told PEOPLE that a nurse told her she’s hungry after she picked her up after her shift at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
The nurse asked her to stop at McDonald’s because she was hungry as she couldn’t get a chance to eat during her shift.
Rivera told PEOPLE: “We just talked and I learned what her circumstances were at the hospital, and how she was working 12-14 hour shifts. The cafeteria isn’t open 24 hours a day, and she was working overnight.”
When the nurse told Rivera she was hungry, she decided to do something special for the hospital staff who are working round-the-clock to save the lives of others.
She said: “I wanted to find a way to feed the people that are in the most danger right now, those in the ER and in the COVID unit.”
Rivera started a fundraiser and asked people to donate the money so she could purchase meals for the staff at the hospital.
She wrote on Facebook: “I’m southern, so feeding people has always been my love language. It’s who I am. I simply put my Venmo information on the Germantown community Facebook page.”
Rivera has raised more than $12,000 and completed her 27th consecutive delivery on Thursday.
Rivera is feeding 50-60 staff members per night ever since she started the fundraiser.
She said hundreds of people are showing their support and donating money to feed the hospital staff.
She thanked the community for supporting her fundraiser so she could raise more than $12,000 in food funds.
Rivera said: “It has been hundreds of people in the community wanting to help. This is our amazing community. I’m just helping them help others.”
She said the hospital staff is so grateful and she is left with tears every time she delivers the food.
On Easter, she delivered a special dinner and local groups and restaurants are also helping and supporting this great initiative.
Rivera plans to continue to deliver food to the hospital staff until she has no money or the staff doesn’t need it.
She said: “I have no plans to stop I will stop when there is no need or no more money, but our community just keeps giving. And I can’t wait to collect on all the hugs we haven’t been able to give each other.”
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