It is a story that will melt your hearts, like the sun melts his ice-pops, after over £150,000 was raised on-line for an old Chicago ice-pop vendor, who had been snapped pushing his cart in some difficulty.
Fidencio Sanchez, 89, from Chicago, had to come out of retirement after his daughter passed away and needed money to care for her children, after he was given custody of them
A total stranger opened a GoFundMe page after seeing the distress Sanchez was in. Money poured into the fund and the life changing money will help support his granddaughters.
Reportedly he will carry on working in the Little Village area of Illnois, where he had been in the trade for over twenty years.
He had only been retired for a couple of months when his daughter tragically died in July. His wife used to work with him in the business but she had to stop working due to her poor health.
“We thought, what are we going to do? We have to pay the bills. I wake up early and (work) all day until eight at night,” the Spanish-speaking vendor told ABC News through a translator.
Cervantes Macias saw the Sanchez and it moved him to set up a funding page, he was aiming for three thousand dollars, but picture has touched the hearts of many and the money is still flooding in. The target was smashed within the hour
The story is reminiscent of Alan Barnes, a frail man from Gateshead, who was beaten up and left for dead. A funding page for him raised a huge six-figure sum. He eventually asked people to stop sending him money.
If you want to donate click here
Since you are here
Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.
Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.
Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.
If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.
To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.
The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.
The shop can be found here.
You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .
