He used to wave to Leonard every morning and in return, Leonard also waved him from his front porch.
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Josh Cyganic is a track inspector in Oregon.
“I don’t think any elderly person should have to endure what I heard from those two kids” mouths.
As Cyganik glanced over, he saw Bullock with his head down.
“I could see the look on Leonard’s face, I could tell the comment bothered him”, Mr Cyganik told UPPR. “Not until I heard what those two kids said”. “I had to do something”.
Josh began gathering help from other railroaders and borrowing materials from his colleagues in the construction industry.
Because Bullock and his wife are on a fixed monthly stipend, they didn’t have the funds to keep their house in great condition, and over the years, their home took a fairly substantial beating. He was ecstatic’. Many were strangers to Cyganik who were touched by the story and came to help.
Before: Leonard and Dorothy couldn’t afford to give their white, blue and turquoise house a new paint job on their modest pensions.
A Good Samaritan got over a hundred volunteers together to paint an elderly man’s house after a group of teen’s made fun of it.
Cyganik said they’re hoping a roofer will volunteer to help finish the project.
“Yeah, it was a random act of kindness, but to me it’s more about respect”, Cyganik said in the Union Pacific post. “I was raised to respect the people who came before you, to help others out who don’t have much. Starbucks even donated 6 gallons of water and iced tea”.
Strangers continued to arrive throughout the day to lend a hand, with more than 100 volunteers grabbing tools by the end of the day.
The newly repainted house looks no more like someone should “burn it down”.
“It was awesome. That’s the only word I can say”, Cyganik said proudly.
He added: “That’s just how I was brought up…to respect your elders and help people in need”. Up until a few weeks ago he only knew Leonard Bullock as the friendly man that was always sitting on his porch across the street from the rail yard. Leonard, a retired forklift operator, married Dorothy in 2000, but his small monthly stipend wasn’t enough to fix up their house.
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‘Anyone would have done the same thing.
