{"id":228554,"date":"2021-07-28T04:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/?p=228554"},"modified":"2021-07-28T04:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:29:03","slug":"an-innkeeper-with-a-heart-of-gold-opened-up-his-hotel-for-free-to-strangers-after-harsh-winter-storm-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/an-innkeeper-with-a-heart-of-gold-opened-up-his-hotel-for-free-to-strangers-after-harsh-winter-storm-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"An Innkeeper With A Heart Of Gold Opened Up His Hotel For Free To Strangers After Harsh Winter Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An innkeeper from Kodak, Tennessee is making headlines after proving that there is still tons of kindness in the world. In fact, his story won a spot in the Reader\u2019s Digest<\/a> annual \u201cNicest Places in America\u201d contest precisely because of his good heart and compassion for others. The magazine contest, which has occurred annually over the past five years, aims to find out who and where the kindest and most compassionate people are, more so during this year in the time of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

For one immigrant from India, he proved that kindness isn\u2019t defined by race or color, but by the size of one\u2019s heart\u2026 and apparently, their inn. During a time when the town of Kodak, Tennessee was feeling the major effects of a very harsh winter, which included freezing cold temperatures, frozen pipes, and the power shutting down all throughout town, the owner of Quality Inn, Sean Patel<\/strong>, chose to open up his hotel to anyone and everyone that needed a warm place for the night or week. Regardless of whether he truly had enough space in the hotel, or even enough rooms, he gave all those that walked through his front doors a place to stay and sleep, as well as food, until the shutdown electrical power came back on and people were able to return to their homes.<\/p>\n