White meets Black and it triggered an avalanche of love.
Those were not just their skin colour but their actual names—music producer and performing artist Matt White, 30, and "straight A" but underprivileged student Chauncy Jones Black, 16.
In a post on his Facebook page, White recalled a recent encounter he had with Black at a grocery store parking lot in Memphis, Tennessee.
According to White, Chauncy Black approached him and asked to carry his groceries to his car in exchange for a box of glazed doughnuts, a thing he has been doing at the supermarket with other customers to be able to feed himself and his mother.
"He had me at donuts," White wrote.
When he spoke to the "doughnut boy," White realised the teen with the tattered clothes needed more than a box of doughnuts. He bought Chauncy a whole shopping cart full of food and basic goods.
He then drove the teenager to his home. Upon seeing the room where they live, White said he could not help but cry. Chauncy was living with his disabled mom in a single rented room with no beds or other furniture. They were sleeping on the floor. They had a refrigerator and cupboards but they were empty. All they had was a couch and a few lamps.
Chauncy and his mom were overwhelmed with joy at the blessings they received from White, who was equally delighted at seeing two happy faces before him.
"He looked like a kid again," White wrote. "He knew he wasn't going to be hungry."
Chauncy told White that he wanted to become a successful businessman so he can give to the less fortunate like him.
Wrote wrote about their touching goodbye, saying, "As I was leaving, I gave him a hug and told him how much God loved him, and that he was going to grow up to be an incredible man."
"I'll never forget that hug. It meant more to me than any possession I have," he continued. "Our God is an awesome God, and we can never be thankful enough for the blessings we have."
White's Facebook post quickly went viral as his random act of kindness hit a nerve, sparking a global outpouring of sympathy for the struggling teenager.
White decided to create a GoFundMe page for the teen to facilitate donations to the kid and his mother.
The page raised money enough to enable Chauncy and his mom to move into a new home of their own.
"God, I've never known your love like this. I've never witnessed your love unleashed like this. I am in awe," White wrote on the fundraising page.
"It starts small," White said. "A simple act of kindness, but it can ripple out and create an ocean of prosperity in the world."
