Michigan Restaurant Offers Free Thanksgiving Meal for Anyone ‘Home Alone’

The holidays can be rough for people without a support system of friends or family, which is why one Michigan restaurant’s Thanksgiving offer has spread so rapidly across social media.

Northville, Michigan, restauranteur George Dimopoulos, who owns George’s Senate & Coney Island, was homeless at one point in his life, so he makes the same offer every Thanksgiving and posts it in the front window of his restaurant: “If anyone is home alone, come eat with us for free!”

“It makes my heart feel good to do it, and help a little bit,” Dimopoulos told WILX-TV.

According to WILX, Dimopoulos grew up in Greece and arrived in the states at 23 years old. He struck out from home at the age of 12, fleeing a rural and impoverished childhood with seven brother and sisters. Homeless for a time in Athens, he remembers surviving on the kindness of strangers and hopes to provide the same kindness for others.

Dimopoulos’s sign was snapped by a passerby and posted online, where it quickly spread across social media. He said he usually receives a few dozen visitors every year taking him up on his offer, though that figure might be slightly this year, owing to the restaurant’s newfound fame.

This article originally appeared on People.com