Stranger's unexpected act of kindness brings mother of premature baby to tears of gratitude

One random act of kindness has the potential to change a person's entire day. Cassandra Clover, a mother hailing from West Michigan, was left in tears of gratitude after she received some much-needed help from an anonymous person. According to ABC News 13 On Your Side, Clover has a daughter named Isabell who was born six weeks premature and weighed only three pounds. Hence, the infant required special baby formulas that were created for premature babies, which are significantly costlier than regular baby formulas in the market.

"The cost of formula these days is so much," Cassandra told the news outlet. "Especially this one, since it's technically for the preemies. It was like $80 for three cans." Many struggling mothers in America have been facing the challenge of feeding their babies the right kind of nutrition amidst the rising cost of necessities. While Clover was out on one of her recent shopping trips, she purchased some cans of baby formula and was surprised to find a $20 bill tucked under the lid of one of the formula cans she bought.

The sweet gesture overwhelmed the new mom and brought tears to her eyes. "We need to tell the person, whoever did this, that we really appreciated that," Clover told the outlet, her voice cracking. "I kind of had, like, a little postpartum moment and I cried. This is just amazing. It just made my day." After a point, baby formulas are necessary for infants who are born at full term too. Back in 2022, when the pandemic was wreaking havoc and the United States had a severe baby formula shortage, many people banded together to either donate breast milk or any baby formula they could get their hands on. Social media star Lucie Fink (@luciebfink on Instagram) donated over 100 ounces of breastmilk to babies in the NICU.

"I’ve officially begun the donation process with The New York Milk Bank and pretty soon, this milk will be pasteurized and given to NICU babies whose mothers’ own milk is unavailable or insufficient. I didn’t realize what a massive oversupply I had until we had to stop buying frozen foods because our entire (pretty large) freezer was overflowing with stored milk. Even with us now dipping into the frozen supply during my workdays, I am still pumping and continuing to add more to the stash every single day," Fink wrote in her Instagram post alongside pictures of milk pouches she donated to babies in need.

Meanwhile, another mom shared the heartbreaking reality of the baby formula shortage that America faced during the pandemic. TikTok creator, Kayzie Weedman (@momofrory), took to the platform to reveal how infant formula shortages in America were also affecting children with food hypersensitivities. In her video, she pointed out how people would normally walk into their local grocery store and expect to see heaps of baby formula but during the time of need, the shelves were bare.

"There are babies that can't have just any formula on the shelf—like mine. I'm going to insert a picture of what my daughter looks like when she has cow's milk because she has a huge cow's milk protein allergy," Weedman says in the video, revealing two photographs of her infant with blotches of red across her face. "What are we going to do? Where are we going to go from here? How do formula moms feed their kids? What are our options? This is crazy," she added.