John Legend stops to donate to New Jersey fire department's fundraiser during 7-Eleven pit stop
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A New Jersey fire department got some support from a certain A-lister on Sunday: John Legend.
Angel Martinez and Gilbert Ruiz, two volunteers members of the Wood-Ridge Fire Department, encountered the 39-year-old pop star as they sold tickets for a fundraiser in front of a 7-Eleven, the North Jersey Record reports.
“Four limos came into the parking lot at around 10 a.m. and Angel said to me, ‘That’s John Legend!’ Then he [Legend] got out of the car and I said, ‘I know you!’” Ruiz recalled to the newspaper.
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Ruiz added that Martinez told the star about the event and Legend rushed into the convenience store, before returning with some cash.
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“When he came back out he had nothing in his hands, except for some money that he gave to us for the Fire Department,” Ruiz said.
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The singer gave the pair $20, which Ruiz confirmed was “the highest donation we got all day and he didn’t even take the tickets.”
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Ruiz, who snapped a photo of Legend, says they weren’t the only ones who noticed the celebrity in their midst.
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“Other people saw him and wanted to take pictures with him. He was polite, but said, he had to rush, I think he had to the get to the airport,” he explained.