Jennifer, a single mother of four, was struggling after her husband left her. Desperate for work,
she found a housekeeping job in a nearby city but couldn’t afford the daily commute. She decided
to buy a used car but couldn’t get a loan due to bad credit. In order to raise the money, she sold
a gold necklace passed down from her late mother. With the $5,000, she bought the car, but when
she checked the trunk, she found an envelope with the $5,000 she had paid for it. The car dealer,
Jeff, had left the money for her, telling her he believed she needed it more than he did.
Moved by his kindness, Jennifer returned to thank him, and Jeff encouraged her to “pay it forward
