Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
It’s been seven months since Charlie Poveromo suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 57 – but since his widow is making sure to carry on his compassionate tradition, people across the nation are paying it forward too.
Charlie was a beloved bartender, a devoted husband, and a bustling homeowner.
Not only that, he was extraordinarily kind.When a heat wave struck Milford, New Jersey eight years ago, Charlie spotted several garagemen looking pale, sweaty, and exhausted as they worked through the grueling temperatures outside of his home. He immediately grabbed several plastic cups of cooled water, ran outside, ushered the men into the shade, and offered them their fill of hydration.
Then, as a means of ensuring that his local laborers always had something to drink in the heat, Charlie started putting a cooler outside of the house filled with ice, bottled water, orange juice, and Gatorade. Every summer for the last eight years, the cooler would be outside of his house during the 5-day work week. In addition to the garbage men stopping by the cooler to take a break, firemen, police officers, and construction…
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