An unlikely friendship develops between a 9-year-old Louisiana boy and a millionaire businessman when the boy mistakes him for a homeless man and offers him his only dollar.
When TV personality and sporting goods brand owner Matt Busbis woke up to a building fire alarm in April, he ran outside wearing clothes that didn’t suit him.
After placing his order at a coffee shop down the street, Basbis went out to the patio to say a silent prayer, according to inside security footage shared with WBRZ.
At that moment, Kelvin Ellis Jr. walked by and found Basbis standing in the corner with his eyes closed.
“I slowly started opening my eyes and saw a kid about the same height as me coming toward me,” Basbis said. Said Go to CBS News.
Ellis Jr. opened his fist to reveal a dollar bill his father had given him for getting good grades.
“Then you’re like, ‘What?'” Busbis told host Steve Hartman.
“‘If you’re homeless, here’s a dollar,'” Ellis Jr. recalled telling Basbis.
“I’ve always wanted to help homeless people, and now I finally have the opportunity,” the boy said.
But Basbis wasn’t homeless, he was just disturbed after being woken up by a loud alarm. He is actually the owner of his outdoor brands BuckFeather, Tectonic USA, AccuBow, and is also the host of his Viral Outdoors on the Outdoor Channel.
Instead of being upset about being mistaken for a homeless person, the 42-year-old billionaire invited Ellis Jr. to breakfast.
Footage from CC’s coffee house shows the boy going to his neighbor’s house to ask his father for permission. Upon receiving a positive answer, he returned and joined Basbis to feed his father a breakfast sandwich and coffee.
Mr. Buzbis was so surprised by Ellis Jr.’s incredible generosity that he invited him to go shopping for free at a sporting goods store in Baton Rouge, where he picked out clothes and a new bike.
“If you donate, you’re actually going to get more out of it,” Basbis said. “I didn’t understand that when I was a kid. And if you can spread that around, everything changes.”
The 9-year-old boy was happy to receive the gift, but said he wasn’t looking for anything in return when he tried to give $1 to someone in need.
Ellis Jr. expressed his feelings, saying, “I’m happy because I was able to help someone.” She says, “When you give something, you feel like you got a lot out of it.”
