Many a milestone has been missed thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but one little girl got the birthday surprise of her life.
Lena Riley of Henderson, Nev., loves her local sanitation workers from Republic Services. So much so that it became a tradition for Lena and her mom, Leslie, to greet them with baked goods, Good Morning America reports.
“If she hears the truck outside and we don’t have something to feed them with, she’ll start to cry and say, ‘We have to feed the blue trucks,'” Riley said. “We’ve gotten to know them very well.”
Just a day before her birthday on April 18, the toddler got a surprise from them this time.
Organized by Riley and a family friend, a fleet of seven blue garbage trucks, adorned with balloons and a “Happy Birthday, Lena” sign, approached their home.
They even gifted Lena a bag filled with colouring books, a hat and coffee mug.
Mom Riley took to Facebook to share photos of the heartwarming moment, writing: “This morning, we woke up to a visits from not one, not two, not even three, but seven Republic Services trash trucks swinging by to wish my blue-truck obsessed 3-year-old a happy birthday.”
“Times are hard right now, but the world is good and people are kind.”
“It’s good to see a community coming together during a time like this,” she said. “It was just the sweetest.”
“Every truck that came around the corner, more tears.”
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