A 90-Year-Old Veteran Was Pawning Jewelry for Rent Money. Then He Went Viral, and the Donations Started Pouring In.

An act of kindness unfolded in a New England pawn shop and the outpouring of support has now gone global.

Jenelle Marie, an employee at U.S. Gold & Pawn in Manchester, New Hampshire, was moved by the story of Donald, a 90-year-old Air Force veteran facing the financial hardship of increased rent while caring for his wife who had been recently diagnosed with dementia.

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Donald was frequenting the pawn shop to sell his jewelry for rent money, which led Marie and her fiancé to start a GoFundMe campaign to help the veteran.

“He told me that his wife had just got diagnosed

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