VIDEO: Generous Restaurant Owner Sells Car to Pay Workers During Pandemic

A restaurant owner in Smyrna, Georgia, recently made a huge sacrifice to help her employees through the coronavirus pandemic.

When Charity Salyers bought the community’s beloved Vittles restaurant last year, she was excited about continuing its tradition of serving up delicious southern food, according to Fox 11.

However, when the pandemic hit, Salyers was forced to close her doors.

“I’ve had to cut my staff back from about ten to 12 people per day to two people per day,” she said.

Even though she continued to do curbside pickup for her loyal customers, the restaurant’s sales were still extremely low and Salyers became worried about her employees going hungry.

That was when she came up with an idea.

“I was kind of stuck against a wall so I prayed and then just went and sold my car,” she recalled, adding, “It was a Mustang GT 5.0, a very nice candy apple red.”

The money from the car was enough to get her through another month and pay her employees and bills, the restaurant owner said.

Despite Salyers’ love for the car, she did not shed one tear over the sacrifice, according to employee Stacy Wingard.

“When she came back after selling her car I think I cried and she didn’t. She was like, ‘Stacy I had to, I have to make sure everybody is good,'” Wingard noted.

Since then, Salyers has put all her effort into taking care of her neighbors for the time being.

“She’s not trying to make money because this restaurant is not making money, she just cares that much,” Wingard said.

In addition to delivering food to her elderly customers, Salyers also keeps masks and rolls of toilet paper in the drive-thru for anyone in need.

However, she remains hopeful that it will not be long before life goes back to normal.

“I just pray that something happens soon and we can reopen our society,” she concluded.