"He is the sweetest old man you could ever meet and loves his wife dearly. He takes care of her around the clock and his landlord is raising their rent and he is falling behind terribly with all of his bills"
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A New Hampshire woman has raised more than $200,000 for a 90-year-old veteran who was pawning jewelry in order to care for his dementia-stricken wife.
Jenelle Marie filmed disabled Air Force veteran, Donald, attempting to pawn jewelry off at US Gold and Pawn in Manchester to pay off the debt he'd accrued while trying to care for his sick wife, who was recently diagnosed with dementia. -- More...
Rugg-- A GoFundMe was started by Jenelle Marie after the veteran, 'Donald,' came into her shop to pawn jewelry after he fell "behind terribly on all of his bills."
The video below went viral on TT which showed Marie giving him an envelope with $1300 in it.
Marie then launched a GoFundMe, raising over $348,000 (as of posting) which will help Donald pay off debt he accrued while taking care of his wife.
"He is the sweetest old man you could ever meet and loves his wife dearly. He takes care of her around the clock and his landlord is raising their rent and he is falling behind terribly with all of his bills," the GoFundMe said.
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