Thought I would share something that my wife and I do now to try and help people out.

A couple years ago I was picking up food for my family at a local restaurant. While waiting for the order to be completed, I was sitting in my car and saw an individual who was doing food delivery. He had a hot bag and had walked out from the restaurant. His car was not starting. He was younger and I could tell based on the car’s sound that his battery was dead. He just kept running the starter.

I always carry one of those compact battery jump starters. So I grabbed it and went over and we jumped his car and it started fine. Before walking away I realized the next time he stops his car, He probably wouldn’t be able to get it started again. So I just told him to keep it.

Since then, my wife and I each keep an extra one in our cars and we’ve given away about six of these compact battery jump starters. I always buy a few during Black Friday. Pretty much every time I’ve given one away it was to someone who appeared to not be able to afford one.

Anyway, to me, this is a pretty impactful lifeline to someone in need. Perhaps others could do something similar. Cheers.