A long-haul truck driver recently walked into Tiny Tim’s Toy Foundation in West Jordan, Utah, and asked for a box of toys. Alton Thacker gave him five, each packed with 125 cars.
"He stopped at children's hospitals along his truck route and handed them out," said Thacker, 83, a retired barber who started the toy factory 16 years ago. "And I know he'll be back for more. Seeing all those little smiles is a great motivator."
The cars - simple wooden toys with a painted smile - are made at the factory and given free to children in need around the globe through charities, churches, children's hospitals and sometimes truckers who stop by for a box.