A act of generousity at a children's hospital in Pittsburgh

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Albert Lexie who passed away earlier this month at the age of 76, will be best remembered for his love of sick children when he worked as a shoe shine employee at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for 30 years. What Albert did with his tip money after he shined the shoes of the employees at the children's hospital was to donate his tip money to the sick kids fund so children whose families could not afford to pay for their medical bills. Albert would work two days a week by taking a bus ride from his home Monessen Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh to do his duty of shining shoes and charging them $3 dollars. UPMC President Chris Gessner praised Albert for his kind donation to assist the families of sick children who would get the best treatment available. When Albert finished his work at the children's hospital after 30 years of service, the donations came to a total of $200,000. Gessner is hoping that people would follow the example of the late Albert Lexie to donate money to the hospital so sick children can be treated for illnesses without the high medical bills that their relatives would be facing.