Chauncy Black: Teen asks for doughnuts, gets over $200K in online donations

A teenager in Memphis, Tennessee has had a hard life, but thanks to one stranger that is all changing. Chauncey Jones Black, 16, encountered a man named Matt White on June 10. He wanted to help White with his groceries in exchange for some doughnuts.

Chauncy Black, 16, went up to stranger Matthew Michael White while they were at a Memphis Kroger.

“Something told me to go up there – I guess faith told me to go up there – to ask this guy, ‘can I help take his groceries to the car?'” the teen said.

White then bought Chauncy donuts for dinner and said he felt compelled to take the teen on a shopping spree. He learned that Chauncy is a straight A student who does odd jobs to support his sick mother, reports WHBQ-TV.

But when White dropped Chauncy off at home, he was brought to tears by what he saw – they had nothing.

“I just felt this overwhelming humility for his situation,” White said.

White wrote about his meeting with Chauncy on Facebook and started a GoFundMe page to help him out. After he posted a video of the things Chauncy has missed out on, the internet fell in love with the soft-spoken, good-hearted teen who’d never had a chance.

In just two weeks, more than $90,000 was raised on the account.

White then gave Chauncy and his mother, Barbara Martin, the most amazing news – they could get a home.

“I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to do. Chauncy told me not to cry, but I don’t know, I might break down in tears,” Barbara said.

While Chauncy said an angel saved him and his mother, White said it’s the other way around.

“It’s like a whole new purpose in life,” he said.

So far, the GoFundMe account has raised $192,915 out of its $195,000 goal.

Agencies/Canadajournal