Stranger's '26 Acts' Gesture Makes Family's Morning
An anonymous person bought breakfast for people Friday at the Sunnyside Cafe in Marlborough, in an act of kindness seemingly inspired by the Newtown tragedy.
OUTSIDE BOSTON, MA -- A local woman was walking back to her table at a cafe Friday morning when she saw the looks on her family's faces. "When I sat down they were silent and showed me a note on a piece of paper. At first I thought it was a joke, but when I saw the note on another table, I knew it was real," said Julie Purcell, a Marlborough resident. The handwritten note (pictured with this article), left at Purcell's table at Sunnyside Cafe around 9:15 a.m., indicated that their breakfast was paid for: it was one of several a kind stranger requested servers leave at patrons' tables. The note read it was one of "26 acts," which is an apparent movement in honor of the victims of the shootings in Sandy Hook, CT. "I called the waitress over …
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Phyllis Cusumano
5:51 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
I look forward to my chance to do a good deed this holiday season and throughout this coming new year that God is giving to me. I am truly blessed and want to forward my blessings to others. I don't have much but will give always. more ›