40 employees of Culver’s restaurant in Platteville, Wisconsin wondered if they would still have a job after the building was destroyed by fire last November.

Bruce Kroll owned Culver’s for 19 years. Instead of forcing all his employees to find new jobs, he made the decision to continue paying them.

And he paid them for six months until this week when the restaurant reopened.

He asked them to pay it forward in volunteer work for the community.

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Story tip from Katie Krueger