Work is a fundamental part of everyone's life, being the main means of livelihood we have available. Working is a very important aspect of every person's life - it's the principle means to get food and to pay taxes and bills. The mortgage is certainly one of those expenses that is significant: you might reach retirement before you pay it off. In short, we need to work every minute god sends until we reach retirement age. But Nola, for example, is a elderly lady who has had to continue to work - well past retirement age - in order to finish paying off her home's mortgage.
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Nola is an elderly lady who has been worked tirelessly for many years at Walmart (a famous US retail chain). One day, Devan Bonagura - known as @dbon973_ on TikTok - filmed Nola during a break and posted the clip to her account. In the video, the old woman very sad and depressed, which is why Devan published it, emphasizing that "life shouldn't be this hard", referring to the fact that a woman of Nola's age should be enjoying her retirement instead of working. However, Devan never imagined the impact his clip would have.
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Devan decided to help Nola by setting up a fundraising page on GoFund Me. The young man set $10,000 as his final goal, but his expectations were greatly by the next day. In fact, after just one day, the GoFundMe page raised over $100,000, far exceeding the initial goal.
Devan was also contacted by Walmart management, who ordered him to take down Nola's video and fundraising page, as they had suffered backlash after Nola's story broke. The young man, however, refused to do this and, in the end, handed over the donated money to Nola.
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Nola was thrilled to receive the money, even though her personal goal was just a few thousand dollars. "I accept this kind donation," the elderly woman told Devan, "but I'll still have to work until I pay off the outstanding $60,000 on my home. It won't be long now though, with all this money," she said, adding that she would retire as soon as she received the funds. "That's what keeps me going to work: my home," concluded Nola.
In a latest update, Nola reported that, after 20 years of working at Walmart, she will be able to retire in early 2023 as her the fundraiser has reached a whopping $186,408. We couldn't be happier!
