After seven decades of work, 91-year-old Betty Glover is finally able to retire. The Oregon supermarket worker had to take matters into her own hands, setting up a GoFundMe fundraiser to raise the money that will allow her to rest.
Glover, according to Oregon’s Rogue Valley Times, launched her online money-raising effort a couple of weeks ago in hopes of paying off the fifth-wheel trailer she calls home.
The grocery store clerk told the outlet she needs her retirement savings to pay her monthly bills, medications and groceries, and wasn’t able to make enough money to pay off her residence.
Glover has worked as a cashier at a South Medford, Ore., grocery store for 10 years, reports KDRV, but she realizes it’s time to focus on other things. “I’m used to working and I hate the thought of not working but then I decided that I would like to enjoy my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren,” she told KDRV. “I’ve even got a great-great-grandchild.” Her granddaughter helped her set up a GoFundMe, and Glover has watched the figure climb to almost US$75,000 in the time since it launched — far surpassing her initial goal of $40,000. “I’m speechless,” she said. “I didn’t think for a minute that people would be that generous.