An elderly DoorDash driver and his wife can retire thanks to a customer and thousands of donors who saw the driver's delivery on camera and created a GoFundMe to help.
An elderly man who took up delivering food for DoorDash to make ends meet gets to retire at home with his wife again, thanks to the help of a customer and 18,000 strangers. Richard, 78, came out of retirement when his wife of 56 years, Linda, lost her job, WSMV reports.
The Manchester, Tennessee, couple had both been doing DoorDash deliveries for more than a year – until one delivery changed their life. On March 10, Brittany Smith watched Richard on her doorbell camera as he slowly and carefully approached her home to deliver a Starbucks order through DoorDash. "It was evident from the video this was a task for him," Smith wrote on a GoFundMe page. READ MORE: He's 101 and she's 90 — how this Walnut Creek couple found love in their golden yearsSmith shared the video on TikTok, where it quickly went viral, then created a GoFundMe page once she was able to track down Richard. "He does DoorDash due to his wife being fired from her job … by the time they pay their monthly expenses plus purchase their medication there is nothing left," she said on the GoFundMe page. Let’s help Richard go back into retirement!!"As of Friday morning, more than 18,000 people have answered Smith’s call to help, with more than $550,000 raised. The campaign raised more than $300,000 in 24 hours. Donations ranged from $5 to $2,000. "Richard, I was not able to donate much- but I sure hope you and your wife enjoy your days together from here on out," one $5 donor wrote on the fundraising page. RELATED: '88 & Still Working': Viral GoFundMe helping Michigan vet retire"Enjoy the break, sir," another donor wrote. "You and your lady can relax a bit."Richard and Brenda say they’re still trying to process the overwhelming support. "It’s just really difficult to believe that there’s that many people that are that generous to try to help us… People that don’t even know us," Brenda told WSMV. "She’s remarkable. I just can’t believe that someone would be that caring to set this up for us."As for how they’ll spend their time, Richard and Brenda said they’ll finally be able to "slow down."
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