It's a new car! Ellen DeGeneres rewards a waitress's good deed with $10,000 and a shiny red vehicle



Oprah Winfrey is not the only television host that can give away cars.

Ellen DeGeneres left a young waitress in tears after surprising her not only with a new car, but also $10,000.

Sarah Hoidahl was beside herself after the host first rewarded her with the cold hard cash then, on Friday's show, gave the single mother a car.

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Making her day: Ellen DeGeneres left single mother Sarah Hoidahl in tears on Friday giving her a new car to say thank you for the waitress' good deed

The 22-year-old had herself brightened the day of two soldiers in October when they came in and ate at her restaurant Ruby Tuesdays in New Hampshire.

The pair had been discussing over lunch how they had been furlonged during the government shutdown, and so, after hearing this, Sarah decided to cover their $27.75 meal.

The waitress left a note for the soldiers saying: 'Thanks to the government shutdown the people like you that protect this country aren't getting paid. However, I still am. Lunch is on me! Thank you for serving ladies!'

Deserved reward: The 22-year-old had herself brightened the day of two soldiers in October when they came in and ate at her restaurant Ruby Tuesdays in New Hampshire

When the soldiers, Ruby Tuesdays and the New Hampshire National Guard posted about Sarah's good deed, Ellen quickly found out and decided to repay the waitress' big hearted gesture.

So last month, Ellen had Sarah on the show, where the 22-year-old explained that the two National Guard officers were trying not to order too much as they were not getting paid during the shutdown.

'It got me thinking I'm a waitress, single mother and I know how hard that is, so I just decided I was going to do something good that day and I bought them lunch.'

Gift giving: The single mother paid for the soldiers' lunch during the government shutdown so Ellen paid her back the $27.75 and gave her not one, but two, televisions

Shout out to our team member Sarah for going above and beyond to truly #serve those who serve our country! pic.twitter.com/DJhfFDM1AX — Ruby Tuesday (@rubytuesday) October 10, 2013

The mother of a nine-month-old boy Ashton did so at great cost: 'I walked away with $8 (in pay) which is not enough to cover my gas.'

Ellen joked she would pay her back from a giant handbag, giving her the $27.75 the waitress paid for the meal.

But she was not done there: 'Your television is broken and you're not able to watch me so that's unacceptable, so I got you a brand new 50 inch insignia television, well you get two of those.'

'I'm going to make you a check right now, that's for you.'

Leaving both Sarah and the audience screaming, Ellen then signed a giant novelty check for $10,000.

But wait there's more: The host also gave the waitress $10,000

Not done yet: On Friday's show, Ellen once again surprised Sarah calling her at work to give her a new car

But Ellen was still not done with her generous ways.



On Friday, a producer pretending to be a reporter for the local news, visited the waitress at work in New Hampshire.

Ellen then called mid 'interview' during which Sarah discussed how she was going to spend the check on a car she shares with her mother.

Of course the host was not about to allow the young mother to do that, so another staff member ran in with some keys to a new Hyundai Santa Fe Sport.



When presented with keys, the 22-year-old could not stop crying and continued to tear up as she sat in the front seat.

Beside herself: The young waitress could not stop crying when she was given the keys to the car which means she can now get to work and take her son to daycare without relying on others











