The perfect factor a few program that pays it ahead is when the recipient of that program pays it ahead once more.

Such was the case for one of many prime 5 winners of Amazon’s “Alexa, Thank My Driver” initiative, which offered $5 to every Amazon supply driver when clients selected to say “thanks,” through Alexa-enabled Amazon gadgets.

Greylon Anthony, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based supply driver obtained $10,000 on behalf of Amazon for being one of many prime 5 workers nominated in this system.

As an alternative of pocketing the money, Anthony donated his test to the Atrium Well being Levine Kids’s Hospital to assist the hospital buy important provides and proceed the required take care of its pediatric sufferers.

In accordance with Amazon, over eight million “thank yous” have been launched by way of this system that rolled out final December.

“As of December 8, we’ve got obtained greater than 1 Million ‘thank yous’ concluding the promotion providing $5 per ‘thanks’ to eligible drivers,” the firm mentioned on the finish of final 12 months. “We’re excited for this new alternative to thank these on a regular basis heroes and giving our clients the power to assist us do it.”

Upon the rollout of this system, Amazon mentioned it will give the 5 drivers who received probably the most thank-you’s $10,000.

The corporate ran out of funds initially allotted towards drivers’ ideas in only one brief day.

Although thanking drivers will not donate monetary compensation to the drivers nominated, drivers who have been chosen will obtain a notice of thanks and appreciation on behalf of the client from the corporate.

Amazon was down simply shy of 42% in a one-year interval as of Monday afternoon.