Acts of Kindness - Friend helps choir member through cancer surgery

THEY ROUTINELY MAKE A JOYFUL SOUND IN THE SANCTUARY OF ST. PAUL'S BAPTIST CHURCH. THIS WEEK A TRIO OF CHOIR MEMBERS BURST INTO SONG IN THE HENRICO HEADQUARTERS OF CHILD FUND INTERNATIONAL. IT IS WHERE WE WENT TO CELEBRATE THE LONG TIME EMPLOYEE FOR HER DAILY ACTS OF KINDNESS. >> . HOW CAN I SAY THANKS FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME. >> THEY MET IN THE CELEBRATION CHOIR AT ST. PAUL'S BAPTIST CHURCH. NATURALLY AMANDA WANTED TO SING ABOUT HER FRIEND'S GENEROSITY. >> CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. >> THE FRIEND FELLOW CHOIR MEMBER QUINN THOMAS CALES EVERY DAY AND CAME TO HER RESIDES WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE HAD LUNG CANCER. >>THE DOCTORS HAD TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NOT ACTUALLY PULL THROUGH SURGERY BECAUSE OF MY SIZE. AND I CRIED. IT WAS LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE FLASHED BEFORE ME. >> SANDRA CAME TO ME SHE SUPPORTED ME. AND SHE TOLD ME, SHE SAID, DO NOT WORRY BECAUSE GOD GETS YOU. >> QUINN SAID THAT SANDRA IS THERE THE DAY OF SURGERY AND VISITED EVERY DAY THAT SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED. >> ONE DAY THEY RELEASED ME FROM THE HOSPITAL. THERE. ANYTHING I NEEDED SHE WAS THERE. SHE MADE SURE I ATE PROPERLY. MY HOUSE WAS IN ORDER. WITH HER BEING THERE WITH ME, I COULD DEAL WITH MY SICKNESS BETTER. >> AT CHILD FUND INTERNATIONAL SANDRA BROWN DEVOTED 332 YEARS TO SPREADING KINDNESS AND FINDING SPONSORS FOR THOUSANDS OF IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. >> SHE WORKS EVERY DAY SHE THAT TIME FOR OPEN HEART. >> I LOVE, ALL THE KINDNESS SHE HAD. >> NOW QUINN WANTS TO SHARE. >> 100, 200, $300 FOR YOU TO PASS ON. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I LOVE YOU GUYS. >> SANDRA'S DAUGHTERS ARRIVED TO JOIN FRIENDS IN THE SURPRISE. >> ARE WE READY? >> YES. >> COWORKERS ARE ALL IN ON THE PLANS. WE HEAD UPSTAIRS TO TRY TO CATCH THE HONOREE AT HER DESK. >> SANDRA HAS BEEN TOLD THERE IS AN IMPORTANT STAFF MEETING. WE MEET HER IN THE HALLWAY. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND KINDNESS. AND BEING A ANGEL TO ME. SO I WANT TO PUT THIS $300. >> FOR WHAT? >> FOR ACT OF KINDNESS. 100, 200. $300. >> OH, MY GOSH. >> THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE]. >> OH, MY GOSH. >> WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING PLANNED FOR YOU. YOU ARE THE CHANNEL 12 ACT OF KINDNESS HONOREE. >> WHAT? OH, MY ON GOD. ME? >> YES, YOU ARE. >> YOU ARE WELL DESERVING OF THIS. >> [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. >> SANDRA COULD NOT BELIEVE LOVED ONES KEPT A SECRET FROM HER. IN BETWEEN ALL OF THE SMILES, AND ALL THE TISSUES AND TEARS, ALL THE PICTURES AND THE APPLAUSE, THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR SHARED HER SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY FOR DEALING WITH OTHERS. >> I TRY MY BEST TO LOVE PEOPLE, AND BE HONEST AND FAIR TO PEOPLE >> ANY PARTICULAR PLANS FOR THAT TOKEN OF APPRECIATION? >> I WILL SPREAD IT WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. ARE YOU READY TO GO OUT? >> I LOVE ALL OF YOU ALL. GOD IS GOOD TO ME. >> IF THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANIZATION YOU BELIEVE