Veteran Pays Off 114 Outstanding Utility Bills for Struggling Neighbors Ahead of Christmas

Veteran Pays Off 114 Outstanding Utility Bills for Struggling Neighbors Ahead of Christmas
Courtesy of Gulf Breeze News
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For the second holiday season in a row, a Vietnam veteran of Gulf Breeze, Florida, has extended a huge gesture of kindness to his community by paying off $7,600 worth of past due utility bills to ease the burden for local families ahead of Christmas.

Mike Esmond is a 74-year-old great-grandfather who runs Gulf Breeze Pools & Spas. His generosity ignited with one of the incidents from his past, as he himself once had his gas shut off while struggling financially in 1983, along with raising three young daughters. At that time, the loss of power was quite devastating.