While shopping at Walmart, Rory McCarty, saw an elderly gentleman working there as a cashier. The man reminded Rory of a viral story of an 82-year-old woman, also a Walmart employee, who retired after a stranger set up an online fundraiser to help her. So, Rory did the same.
Rory felt inspired to set up a GoFundMe as the elderly man, Navy veteran Warren Marion, was a widower and had to keep on working to pay off his house.
More than 6,500 people donated to Warren, quickly raising about $167,000.
"I wanted to help this Navy Veteran to live the remainder of his years traveling to see his kids in Florida," Rory wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Get him off his feet for 8 hrs at a time. And do the things he would love to do that he may not be able to for financial reasons."