CINCINNATI -- A random act of kindness by an employee at the Mount Orab Kroger is not going unnoticed. It all started when a woman went to pick up flowers for a friend in hospice and walked out with some for everyone at the hospice center.
The gesture quickly went viral on social media --- and the woman behind it is pointing to a higher power.
It was last Thursday Lisa Steins could have stopped anywhere to get flowers on her way to visit a friend in hospice care in Anderson Township but she stopped at the Kroger near her home in Mount Orab. Glenda Bartley, who has worked in the store eight years, made a very generous donation upon hearing the Lisa's destination. "And when she said hospice I said if you don't mind can hospice use more flowers," says Glenda.
Glenda gave a whole cart of flowers to donate to patients in hospice care. "You don't find kindness like that very often," says Lisa Steins.
Lisa delivered the flowers to Diane Ventura, spreading some beauty before her friend passed on Sunday. Lisa had enough flowers for all the patients at the hospice center, even the nurses.
Then she went to Kroger's Facebook page to express gratitude, where immediately thousands responded. "Never in a million years did I think there would be 100,0000 likes," says Lisa. There appears to be 6000 shares as well.
Glenda says she wasn't acting alone. She had filled the cart before Lisa arrived, not even knowing she would stop by. "The Lord said there you go and God worked in her that day," says Glenda, "she decided to stop here and was working both ways that morning."
Lisa also believes it was divine intervention, saying, "My friend was a strong believer in God and is smiling down on all this that took place."
Glenda is hardly in trouble for giving away merchandise, in fact she says her store has routinely done these types of donations. Her bosses have taken notice and have thanked her for the positive spotlight. Lisa and Glenda both say there's a message that a little kindness can go a long way.
This random act of kindness is getting attention from a long ways away. People have been liking the Facebook post from British Columbia and even China.
-Courtesy WKRC, Cincinnati
The gesture quickly went viral on social media --- and the woman behind it is pointing to a higher power.
It was last Thursday Lisa Steins could have stopped anywhere to get flowers on her way to visit a friend in hospice care in Anderson Township but she stopped at the Kroger near her home in Mount Orab. Glenda Bartley, who has worked in the store eight years, made a very generous donation upon hearing the Lisa's destination. "And when she said hospice I said if you don't mind can hospice use more flowers," says Glenda.
Glenda gave a whole cart of flowers to donate to patients in hospice care. "You don't find kindness like that very often," says Lisa Steins.
Lisa delivered the flowers to Diane Ventura, spreading some beauty before her friend passed on Sunday. Lisa had enough flowers for all the patients at the hospice center, even the nurses.
Then she went to Kroger's Facebook page to express gratitude, where immediately thousands responded. "Never in a million years did I think there would be 100,0000 likes," says Lisa. There appears to be 6000 shares as well.
Glenda says she wasn't acting alone. She had filled the cart before Lisa arrived, not even knowing she would stop by. "The Lord said there you go and God worked in her that day," says Glenda, "she decided to stop here and was working both ways that morning."
Lisa also believes it was divine intervention, saying, "My friend was a strong believer in God and is smiling down on all this that took place."
Glenda is hardly in trouble for giving away merchandise, in fact she says her store has routinely done these types of donations. Her bosses have taken notice and have thanked her for the positive spotlight. Lisa and Glenda both say there's a message that a little kindness can go a long way.
This random act of kindness is getting attention from a long ways away. People have been liking the Facebook post from British Columbia and even China.
-Courtesy WKRC, Cincinnati