Aaron's Last Wish$500 Tips for Waiters and Waitresses

For the 5th anniversary of Aaron’s Last Wish we visited Sir Pizza in our hometown of Lexington and surprised Elizabeth with a $500 tip! Sir Pizza is a local institution and Elizabeth really deserved this tip.

This one was as big a surprise for us as it was for the waitress! Kevin Tower wanted to do something special for his father Joe, who passed away about a year ago. We were honored to find out that he chose to surprise a lucky waitress named Lauren with a $500 tip for Aaron!

Mom and I fell in love with Sylva, NC a year ago when we visited. Since then we knew we wanted to go back and leave a tip there for Aaron. Finally, last week, we were able to go to Lulu’s on Main and surprise Kira with a $500 tip from Aaron!

After 3 years, here we are at the 100th tip! This time we visited Cheddar’s in Lexington, which is the last time most of us had dinner with Aaron, and Tyler was the lucky waiter. Stick around till the end for a special message from mom. This episode’s music was provided by Englishman: Englishman And…

How did this take me so long to post to the page? That, I can’t really answer. Clearly it slipped my mind, but I hope everyone saw it back around the New Year on Facebook or Youtube! Anyway, we hit the road on Christmas Eve and had dinner at Fat Patty’s in Huntington. The food…

Yesterday was the 2nd anniversary of that first $500 tip, so a few of us went out to The Pub here in Lexington and surprised Kyle with the 98th $500 tip. It’s been a while since we did one and it felt great to make his day!

I finished up my 7 month long road trip in St. Petersburg, Florida. There I met up with Bill and we walked around until we spotted BellaBrava and decided to have lunch there. Our waitress was Abigayle and after eating some delicious pasta we surprised her with the 97th $500 tip. Check back soon to…

Almost time to go home! I met up with Jason from Beyond Zero in Miami Friday evening, and we went out on a search for pizza. Eventually we settled on Andiamo! and surprised Ana with the 96th $500 tip.

As of this tip, Aaron’s Last Wish has been granted in all 50 states! The road trip isn’t over, but this was a special milestone. On Sunday I was joined by Sumyhr and Caitlin and we went to Mex 1 in Charleston and surprised Nelia with the 95th $500 tip. Stick around after the credits…

This road trip is quickly coming to a close. While hanging out in Asheville, I ran in to Andrew Knapp and his dog, Momo. Friday afternoon he was kind enough to join me at Early Girl Eatery. There we left Kendra the 94th $500 tip.