Dale beamed when his new friend Jason Wright handed him a Burger King gift card on a hot July day.

This wasn’t your typical interaction between friends. In fact, it was the pair’s first meeting.

Dale, an unhoused man, had been sitting under a tree in a Salt Lake City park surrounded by all of his belongings when Wright approached him.

The two talked about Dale’s life and love of writing, something they bonded over. Then Wright handed Dale gift cards to his favorite restaurant. Dale’s joy and surprise led to Wright handing him a few more.

“I doubt he had been that surprised and that full of joy in years — at $100 worth of gift cards to Burger King,” Wright said.

Dale is one of the many individuals Wright has helped through the Kindness Card Movement , where people from all over the c

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