“I felt terrible,” he said. “I told myself, I never want to feel that again. I never want to give only when it’s convenient.”

Thus kicked off a year of saying “yes” to anyone he came across that needed help.

One year quickly became two, then three, and now sits at four years in total with no end in sight. Racking up some serious karma points also began gaining Potter fame in Pittsburgh for his hundreds — perhaps thousands — of kind acts, winning him awards, and making him the subject of local media attention.