What’s an 89-year-old man doing delivery pizza anyway? To pay for his prescription drugs, that’s why.

This makes me so mad and happy at the same time. Thank god these kind folks did something to help this poor man out. This is real life, folks. My grandad had terrible asthma and we never had any money. Since I grew up close to the border, we would drive to Juarez, Mexico to pick up his prescription drugs. It saved my grandparents’ hundreds of dollars.

Derlin Newey started working 30 hours a week to help cover his prescription drugs. He’s made friends with several of the folks that he delivers to on a regular basis and his friends wanted to do something about it. For the full story, click here.

89-year old Derlin Newey is a pizza delivery man who received a surprise delivery of his own today. A couple who got to know him from his pizza deliveries raised $12,000 to help him out. He had no idea. The full story runs tonight on @KSL5TV at 6. #ksltv #goodnews pic.twitter.com/Z83K5LTKPh

— Alex Cabrero (@KSL_AlexCabrero) September 22, 2020