How to donate to Hody Childress Fund, Alabama man who helped pay pharmacy bills

After Hody Buford Childress’s death on New Years Day, the town of Geraldine discovered that the farmer and retired Lockheed Martin manager secretly paid the pharmacy bills of those unable to pay, or without insurance, for years.

The Washington Post reported that Childress, 80, had an arrangement with Geraldine Drugs on Richey Street in the town of less than 1,000. For about a decade, Childress walked into the pharmacy, at the first of every month, with a folded up $100 bill.

Now, people who want to help continue Childress’s legacy can donate directly to Geraldine pharmacy. The easiest way to do so, staff at the pharmacy said, is to mail checks, labeled for the Hody Childress Fund, directly to:

P.O. Box 158 Geraldine, AL 35974.

Childress’s secret donations helped children needing Epi-Pens for allergic reactions, families in-between insurance coverages, and people just leaving the hospital.

“He said, ‘Don’t tell a soul where the money came from – if they ask, just tell them it’s a blessing from the Lord,’” pharmacy owner Brooke Walker remembered.

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