When 87-year-old Margie Jones' husband had to move into a nursing home, a lot of things fell by the wayside. One of those things was her giant yard.
After he left, the yard seemed to get messier and messier. Each day the task of cleaning it up seemed all the more daunting as the backyard became increasingly overgrown.
"Then my friend said, 'There's a boy in the neighborhood who likes to do yard work,' " Margie remembers. That young man was 17-year-old William.
"The first time I saw Mrs. Jones she really reminded me of my grandmother when I was younger. Me and her, we were best friends," William said.
"We connected right away," Margie says. Although William and Margie quickly hit it off, the yard was another story. William knew it would be a lot of work, so he had to come up with a plan.
William called up all of his friends and showed up at Margie's house ready to work. This kind of bond isn't as rare as it seems, 17-year-old Kaileen quickly bonded with an elderly woman through his job at a fast food joint.
"They all came up roaring in their trucks and they said, 'OK, Grandma Marge, we're going to take care of this for you,' " Margie remembers tearfully. She said she felt like the luckiest person in the world that day.
William knew that he couldn't charge Margie any money — she wasn't a regular customer. So he did it for free but it's what he did next that will make you get out the tissues.
He and his friends started the Mrs. Jones Project where they go out and help older people in the neighborhood!
See the touching video below and please SHARE if you think compassion has no age limit!
