And What the Hell Did You Do With Your Life Today?

hotballa · Feb 21, 2013

and to think, a shoe shiner. man, definitely a role model.

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Shoe shiner donates $200K in tips to children in need

PITTSBURGH, PA —It starts before dawn in the Pittsburgh darkness as the 88 Penn pulls up in front of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Albert Lexie gets off.

Photos: Shoe shiner donates $200K in tips

For 32 years, Albert Lexie has been examining his schedule each morning, like a doctor on the clock. But the longtime shoe shiner’s gift isn’t healing, it’s giving back.
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Albert Lexie has been shining shoes at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA for 32 years. Albert has donated $200,000 in tips to needy children and he's not stopping anytime soon.
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For 32 years, Lexie has been examining his schedule each morning, like a doctor on the clock. But the longtime shoe shiner’s gift isn’t healing, it’s giving back.

Photos: Shoe shiners donates $200K in tips

A shoe shine costs $5, but Lexie said customers have been generous with their tips since he started working at the hospital in 1981.

“Most of them give $6, some of them give $7,” Lexie told Channel 4 Action News anchor Wendy Bell.

And Lexie gives every cent of his tips back to the children.

“I think he does it because he loves the kids,” said Dr. Joseph Carcillo. “He's donated over a third of his lifetime salary to the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund.”

The money goes to parents of sick children who can’t afford to pay medical costs.

“He's a philanthropist, is what he is,” said Carcillo. “He's an entrepreneur.”

Lexie has donated $200,000 to the cause, bringing in several hundred dollars a week.

“I had a doctor who gave me a $50 bill for Christmas,” he told Bell with a laugh. For a simple man who’s been shining shoes since about 1957, Lexie admits, “It’s good to be a hero.”
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CaptainRox · Feb 21, 2013

Wow, what a great guy

tallanvor · Feb 21, 2013

I've never gotten my shoes shined. Seems like such an elitist thing that I think I would feel uncomfortable during the process.

Props to the generous man

underoverup · Feb 21, 2013

Countdown to the IRS coming to audit this guy in 3, 2, 1...

SwoLy-D · Feb 21, 2013

Los de La Onda don't shine shoes!!!

ALSO:

" Go home and get your SHINE box!!!"

AMS · Feb 21, 2013

tallanvor said: ↑

I've never gotten my shoes shined. Seems like such an elitist thing that I think I would feel uncomfortable during the process.

Props to the generous man
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I got it done once at an airport when the shoe shiner insisted while I was walking to my gate.

Must say I would get it done more often if I had expensive shoes worth shining.

TexasFight · Feb 21, 2013

I drop off all my shoes once a month to get shined by a neighborhood shoe store. Helps save on tips.

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