A Town Rallies To Make A Local Store Owner's Day

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November 13, 2014

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That best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

- William Wordsworth -

A Town Rallies To Make A Local Store Owner's Day

He runs a convenience store in Levittown, New York. For the past 10 years, Avi Gandhi has owned and solely operated the store -- working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, without a single sick day. He was, however, much more than a guy who punches numbers into the cash register. "He knew the names of everyone who came in, who their family was, what their disappointments were, the dreams they had. He would frequently joke, offer sage advice, let people pay him back if they were hard up, listen intently, and make people feel like they mattered," Celeste Dennis said. So when the local community learned that he was going to have to let go of his lease, they stepped up with a flash mob to show him how much they loved him. { read more }