If you live in Montana and you’ve been out drinking and choose to take a cab home instead of driving, you might not think anybody noticed......but someone did. That someone is the Montana Bar Fairies, a group of volunteers who are going viral for tucking $5 gift cards under the windshield wipers of cars left by bar patrons — a reward for making the right choice and not driving drunk. Consider it the cost of a coffee or latte to help with that hangover. Like most volunteering, it requires a bit of sacrifice. Who wants to get up at 5:00 o’clock in the morning just to go give their money away to strangers? In Polson, Montana, that would be Tim and Kelly, who left gift cards on 8 vehicles. Meanwhile, in Kalispell, it was Shannon and Brittany who left 20 gift cards on parked cars. As for Jesse, Beverly, Grace, and Kate, they worked the Whitefish Winter Carnival, where there are always sure to be cars left behind in favor of rideshares. What started as a small act of kindness — leaving coffee gift cards on cars left overnight at Montana bars — has grown into a nationwide movement advocating for stronger DUI laws and supporting families affected by drunk driving tragedies.
