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Dalton Pompey was born in Mississauga, Ontario and now plays for his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. Staying true to those Canadian roots, he used Tim Horton's cards to carry out an extremely generous act on his birthday. 

Many people, especially those with money, choose to spend their birthdays celebrating with big parties and expensive tabs, but Pompey decided to change things up. There's nothing wrong with enjoying yourself on your birthday, there's no shame in that, but it just makes these actions from Pompey seem like more of a sacrifice. 

Pompey took all the money he would have normally spent on his birthday and put it into Tim Horton's gift cards, then handed them out to less fortunate people in Toronto. 



It was a tough year for Pompey in baseball. He was expected to make a play at the roster out of spring training, but failed to impress, was sent to the minors and didn't receive a call up until September. 

Hopefully with this act, he has some good juju coming his way in 2017. 



(H/T to /r/TorontoBlueJays)