21-year-old raises over $146,000 for 80-year-old AMC usher in under 24 hours
A 21-year-old woman raised over $146,000 via GoFundMe for an 80-year-old AMC theatre employee after seeing her working hard at her job. The viral TikTok campaign far exceeded the initial $500 goal, aiming to support the worker's retirement and charitable efforts.
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This highlights the power of social media and viral philanthropy in addressing economic insecurity for the elderly.
A 21-year-old woman in Tennessee, United States raised more than $146,000 in less than 24 hours for an 80-year-old cinema worker after noticing her cleaning up rubbish at an AMC theatre. What began as a TikTok video and a small fundraising effort soon attracted thousands of people online, with donations far exceeding the $500 the young woman had initially hoped to collect.According to WVLT, Brooklyn Green had gone to watch a film with her grandparents at the AMC theatre in Maryville, Tennessee, when she noticed an elderly employee pushing a cleaning cart and emptying rubbish. The woman was working hard, and Green decided to record a short video of her.“I just saw her work ethic. She was just working really hard,” Green told WVLT.
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