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Phil Powell, an 18-year-old Walmart employee, noticed a man without shoes and offered him his own pink Converse sneakers.He didn’t even hesitate when he saw a homeless man with bare feet entering the store. Some people witnessed the kind act and asked to take a photo.

“When I asked to take his photo, he looked at me and said ‘Why?‘” Myrna Kines told TODAY. “I told him that what he did deserved recognition.”

This guy knows what it’s like to have no home, it wasn’t long ago he was on the streets himself. The teen currently lives with his godmother while working to provide for his mom.

Powell’s boss, Mike Kastensmidt, noticed his employee’s bare feet and let him choose any pair of shoes he liked.

“I learned a lesson from this selfless act today,” Kastensmidt wrote on Facebook. “Great job Phil.”

“I’ve been around for a while and have never seen an act of kindness like that before,” Kines said. “It gives me hope there’s still good in the world.”

Please share. This Black teen Phil Powell deserves to be known.

Photo set in which I’m a better tease than I thought.