Pay it Forward movement hits Michigan woman with $500 tip
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Ashley Perez (Credit: MyFox Detroit)
Have you ever received a $500 tip? Have you ever given a $500 tip? There's a movement going across the country called Aaron's Wish that has a woman in Fraser feeling like her prayers were answered.
Ashley Perez of Fraser went to work at Buffalo Wild Wings, hoping to earn enough money to buy formula for her 6-month old daughter.
She waited tables for a few hours and then her last table of the day offered her an amazing surprise.
John Wray, along with a group of his work colleagues from the company BRTRC, told Ashley about an organization called Aaron's Wish -- then promptly gave Ashley a $500 tip.
Play the video in the player above to get the full story from Fox 2's Maurielle Lue.
Aaron Collins of Kentucky died three weeks after he turned 30. He outlined three things he wanted when he died: to repay his parents any debt he may have owed, to give a homeless person some money and to leave "an awesome tip" for a waiter or waitress.
"I'm not talking about 25%. I mean $500 for a #@**!pizza," Collins wrote in his will, according to his brother.
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Ashley Perez (Credit: MyFox Detroit)
