Gift from stranger inspires grieving widow: “It just touched my heart”

At the bottom of a hole in Chesterfield County, Virginia, utility worker Calvin Godette is fixing a leaky water main, but no gusher down here compares to the fountain of good deeds he delivers when he’s back on the surface. 

Whether it’s buying coffee for the next car or groceries for a random shopper, Godette gives away about half his income to complete strangers. In return, he gets a thank you at best, but remains undaunted. 

“You don’t never know,” Godette said. “You could do something for somebody, or talk to someone, and you could change their whole situation.” 

Godette said that happened once a few months ago. While at a Burger King drive-through, he happened to look in his rearview mirror and see a woman who seemed sad. So he did what he does…