Surprise Squad hands out gift cards to Phoenix shoppers ahead of Mother’s Day

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Sometimes, when people see a news camera pointing at them, the instinct is to turn and walk the other way. But if you’re in a Fry’s Supermarket and see Arizona’s Family’s Gibby Parra headed your way, you may want to see what he has to say.

That was the case when he and the Surprise Squad team showed up at Fry’s on 35th Avenue and Thunderbird Road. He had five $200 gift cards from the Valley Toyota Dealers that he wanted to give away to some lucky shoppers.

The first person he approached was a woman pushing her cart through the produce department. She was hesitant at first to speak with Gibby, but did admit that groceries were kind of pricey. He handed her one of his gift cards that she was reluctant to take at first, but he convinced her that there were no strings attached…

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