Betty Glover works as a cashier at WinCo Foods in Medford, Oregon. She’ll finally get to retire next month when she turns 92, thanks to the generosity of thousands of strangers who donated to her GoFundMe campaign.
She wrote on her GoFundMe campaign page – “I am a great-grandmother of almost 92, still checking groceries at WinCo. Although I love my customers and the people I work with, I would like to retire. I really need to retire as my eyesight is failing due to macular degeneration. To retire I need to pay off the fifth wheel I live in. If I can do this, I will have enough to pay for the rent of the space, groceries, and medications that I need. Anything you can do to help would be much appreciated.”
Glover’s fundraising goal was $40,000 but as people heard about her story it moved them to give. According to the campaign statistics, more than 2,000 people have donated to the great-grandmother’s retirement fund.
Glover told KDRV radio that she is “overwhelmed” by the support and got the idea for starting the GoFundMe campaign from a work colleague.
Glover noted that she had been working at WinCo for about 10 years and prior to that she worked at a roofing company.
Her plan is to retire on May 1. She said she spent so much of her life working she was never really able to watch her own children grow up, but she decided that she would like to see her grandchildren do that.