Michigan Pizza Shop Delivers To Cancer Patient 225 Miles Away

BATTLE CREEK, MI — This is the story of a Michigan pizza shop that usually doesn’t deliver. Except on this day, one employee made a big exception to bring a pair of pizzas to a cancer patient and his wife 225 miles away -- in Indiana, the Associated Press reported.

Julie and Rich Morgan reportedly grew fond of Steve’s Pizza before when they lived in Battle Creek, some 20 years ago. They’d planned a trip to the restaurant for Julie’s birthday in September, but her husband ended up in the hospital in Indianapolis and later in hospice care.

Her father called Steve’s Pizza on Saturday and spoke with 18-year-old Dalton Shaffer, who offered to make the delivery to them.

Shaffer tells the Battle Creek Enquirer he “just wanted to make them happy.” The delivery drew attention after Julie Morgan posted on Facebook about it .

Here’s what she said:

“Without hesitation Dalton asked what kind of pizza we wanted, and told my father he would bring it to us (by the way, Steve's doesn't deliver). My dad clarified that we were in Indianapolis, at least three and a half hours away from Battle Creek. Dalton said he understood that, and would leave after he closed the store. And so, while Rich and I slept, at 2:30 AM, Dalton rolled into our driveway, left the car running and delivered two extra special pizzas to my waiting family. He told them we were in his prayers, and offered to help in any way he could. My dad offered to put him up in a hotel, but he refused and immediately left for the return trip home because he had to work the next day.”

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