when his ups co - workers patricia and kenneth bryant found out about lewis ' long walk every day , they came up with a plan to help .
the new father said bryant .
he started collecting donations every day for the past seven months , ups worker trenton lewis has been waking up at midnight to make it to his 4 a.m. shift loading trucks in little rock , arkansas .
patricia bryant worked with lewis in the loading docks .
“ i do n’t want to miss work at all , ” lewis a car .
in order to start loading trucks by 4 a.m , , lewis .
trenton lewis , 21 , walks 5.5 miles from his home to his job at ups .
“ if someone has that type of determination , i ’d be willing to help them , ” ups clerk kenneth bryant said .
[ my job ] got more important to me when i had my daughter , " lewis told abc affiliate katv in little rock . "