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Ellen DeGeneres Kicks Off 10th Season with Gay Student and Auto Shop Owner Who Fixed His Vandalized Car →

On the season premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen welcomed openly gay college student Jordan Addison of Roanoke, Virginia, whose car was vandalized with anti-gay graffiti four times between March and May of this year, and auto repair shop owner Richard Henegar Jr. After hearing about the vandalism and that Jordan could not afford repairs with a student’s budget, Richard offered to fix the car free of charge, putting $10,000 worth of work behind his act of kindness. The story garnered local media attention and supportive responses from around the nation. After talking to Jordan and Richard about their story, Ellen surprised the two guests by announcing that Cover Girl would be giving each of them a check for $25,000… read full post

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    What a nice guy. This is what we are lacking the most in our society today. Kindness. Understanding. Yielding to others...
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    What an encouraging story. If we all would be good to eachother wouldn’t the world be better?
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