- WELL, LAST WEEK, WE MET
AN INCREDIBLE RESTAURANT OWNER FROM IOWA.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOU WERE HOMELESS AS A TEENAGER.
- YES.
- AND YOU SOMEHOW GOT YOURSELF
OFF THE STREETS AND OPENED UP A RESTAURANT
THAT YOU OWN NOW.
- YES. OH.
[cheers and applause]
WOW.
- AND YOU CLOSE ON MONDAY NIGHTS
JUST SO YOU CAN FEED THE HOMELESS.
SO YOU OPEN IT UP JUST TO FEED THE HOMELESS.
- YES. YES.
- WE WANT TO HELP YOU OUT IN EVERY WAY WE CAN,
SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHECK FOR $10,000.
[cheers and applause]
HE'S HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK TO HIM
ABOUT ONE MORE THING.
DERRICK, COME ON DOWN.
[cheers and applause]
[chuckles]
- HERE WE GO. - ALL RIGHT.
WE WERE WATCHING YOU DANCE WITH YOUR WIFE EARLIER, AND--
- OH, YEAH. - VERY ENTERTAINED.
LITTLE DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE COMING DOWN
TO TALK TO ME AGAIN.
HOW'S BUSINESS BEEN SINCE WE HAD YOU ON THE SHOW?
- OH, MY GOD.
ELLEN, SINCE YOU HAD ME ON THE SHOW,
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN LITERALLY BUSY OPEN TO CLOSE
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVERY DAY.
[cheers and applause]
- WELL, LISTEN, THE FACT THAT YOU CLOSE--
WHICH TAKES A LOT OF MONEY AWAY FROM YOUR BUSINESS,
THAT YOU CLOSE ON MONDAYS TO GIVE BACK,
TO HELP THE HOMELESS--
AND I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN,
IT'S CHEF D'S ROCK POWER PIZZA.
IT'S IN DES MOINES.
AND I URGE EVERYONE TO GO THERE AND SUPPORT THAT
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS DOING.
I THINK THAT'S THE COOLEST THING.
I WISH MORE RESTAURANTS WOULD DO THAT,
BECAUSE THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE...
[cheers and applause]
PEOPLE GO HUNGRY, YOU KNOW?
- YES, YES.
- I MEAN, IF EVERY RESTAURANT DID THAT FOR ONE DAY
AND HELPED KIDS, YOU KNOW, GET MEALS.
THERE'S SO MANY KIDS THAT GO TO--
SO CHEF D'S ROCK POWER PIZZA IN DES MOINES.
AND I URGE OTHER RESTAURANTS TO START DOING THAT.
SO BUSINESS IS GOING WELL.
AND YOU'VE BEEN GETTING DONATIONS?
'CAUSE I ASKED PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU DONATIONS.
- YES, WE'VE BEEN GETTING DONATIONS
FROM EVERY MAJOR CITY.
IT'S JUST-- PEOPLE JUST REACHING DOWN
FROM THEIR HEARTS, GIVING, YOU KNOW,
JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEARTS.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO AMAZING.
- YEAH, SO IT ADDS UP. - YES.
- I MEAN, NO MATTER IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT--
I THINK IT'S BEEN $4,000 SO FAR.
- 4,500. WE GOT A CHECK TODAY.
WHEN WE WAS IN THE DRESSING ROOM BACK THERE, WE GOT A CHECK.
A LADY BOUGHT A VEGGIE PIZZA, AND SHE SAY,
"HERE'S $500."
- WOW. - YEAH.
VEGGIE PIZZA ONLY COSTS $11. - WOW.
[laughter]
MAYBE IT WAS A MISTAKE.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT ON THE AIR.
HE WAS LIKE, "HEY."
SO IT WAS HARD TO OPEN A RESTAURANT.
AND THEN YOU BOUGHT A HOME ALSO.
SO YOU OPEN THE RESTAURANT, YOU BUY A HOME,
AND THAT'S HARD.
YOU HAVE TWO KIDS, RIGHT?
- YES.
- AND SO TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOUSE.
- THE HOUSE ALONE-- LIKE YOU SAID,
WE JUST PURCHASED A HOME ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
AND THEN JUST RECENTLY-- JANUARY 1--
OPENED UP A RESTAURANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A--
- CUTE KIDS. LOOK AT THOSE KIDS.
PRECIOUS. - YEAH.
- SO--
- AND IT'S BEEN HARD,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SEE THE THINGS THAT--
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON MONDAY NIGHTS,
IT KEEPS ME GOING.
- RIGHT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING
TO RAISE TWO KIDS.
YOU WANT TO OWN A HOME.
THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM. - YEAH, YEAH.
- YOU OWN A HOME, BUT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
IT'S A HOME THAT COULD USE SOME HELP.
AND YOUR TABLES ARE FROM GOODWILL.
AND YOU'VE GOT STUFF IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT ALL THE STUFF
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IN THERE.
SO JC PENNEY HEARD YOUR STORY.
AND THEIR HOME COLLECTIONS BY JC PENNEY
HAS EVERYTHING TO FIT YOUR SPACE, STYLE, AND BUDGET.
THEY CARRY THE BRANDS YOU KNOW AND LOVE
AT A GREAT VALUE.
THEY ARE GONNA MAKE OVER YOUR ENTIRE HOME.
- OH, MY GOD.
- THEY ARE GONNA--
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT? - YEAH.
- AND THEN...
[applause continues]
- OH, MY--
- THEY'RE GONNA MAKE OVER YOUR HOME,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID.
AND WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.
AND ONE MORE THING WHEN WE COME BACK.
- OKAY.
- I WANT TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
CHEF D'S ROCK POWER PIZZA IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
GO SUPPORT THIS PLACE.
THIS GUY IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING--
TO GET YOURSELF OFF THE STREETS, FROM BEING HOMELESS
TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS YOU'VE ACHIEVED
TO THEN--TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD DO.
- YEAH.
- AND YOU'RE AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THAT.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
- AND BEFORE WE GO,
JC PENNEY ALSO WANTS TO HELP CONTRIBUTE IN ANOTHER WAY.
THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU A $10,000 CHECK
TO JUST KEEP...
[cheers and applause]
- OH, MY--
- SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
- OKAY. OKAY. - ALL RIGHT?
- THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE JUST A GOOD PERSON.
- OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.