Woman Raises Amazing Amount of Money to Help DoorDash Driver, 78, Return to Retirement
A generous woman has raised nearly $1 million to held an elderly man return to retirement after he had to work for about a year as a DoorDash driver.
Over the weekend, a woman named Brittany Smith took to GoFundMe to reveal that she’d presented a check for $965,868 to 78-year-old Richard Pulley. Donations on the page are still rolling in at this point in time, with a goal of raising upwards of $1.1 million.
On the fundraiser, Brittany explained how she met Richard and why she felt drawn to help him and his wife.
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The online fundraiser showed a picture of Richard walking up the steps at Brittany’s house with a delivery for her. It was taken by her security camera.
“Richard delivered Starbucks to my home via door dash and it was evident from the video this was a task for him,” she wrote in the GoFundMe description. “With the help of social media I was able to track down Richard and learned he does DoorDash due to his wife being fired from her job (at no fault of her own) and by the time they pay their monthly expenses plus purchase their medication there is nothing left. Let’s help Richard go back into retirement!!”
The fundraiser was started on March 11 and nearly achieved it’s massive goal in less than a month.
Of the donations, PEOPLE confirmed that $20,000 was from DoorDash.
The outlet reported that Richard had been retired for 15 years. He had to begin working again after his wife, Brenda, lost her job. As a DoorDash driver, he’s completed “nearly 6,000 deliveries,” PEOPLE reported.
On the fundraiser, Brittany shared a photo of Richard posing with a large check, writing, “Today Richard was gifted the check for your generous donations! You all made it possible for him to retire and live comfortably for the remainder of his life! Humanity is not a thing of the past!”