{"id":20905,"date":"2026-03-17T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=20905"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:55:22","slug":"woman-raises-900k-for-78-year-old-doordash-driver-who-took-job-to-pay-for-wifes-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=20905","title":{"rendered":"Woman raises 900k for 78-year-old DoorDash driver who took job to pay for wife\u2019s medication !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote id=\"v72318292719762980\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@independent\/video\/7616778547222334752\" data-video-id=\"7616778547222334752\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\">\n<p data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"165\">A simple act of kindness changed the life of 78-year-old DoorDash driver Richard.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"407\">Brittany Smith from Tennessee noticed her daughter\u2019s Starbucks order being delivered by a struggling elderly man. Her daughter\u2019s father, a quadriplegic, couldn\u2019t get the Starbucks himself, and the man\u2019s struggle inspired Brittany to help.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"664\">She posted a short video online, which quickly went viral. Using social media, she tracked Richard down and gave him a $200 tip. Richard shared that he drives for DoorDash because his wife lost her job and they needed money for her expensive medication.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"899\">The story inspired a GoFundMe, \u201cGive Richard a chance to rest again,\u201d which has raised over $930,000. Richard hasn\u2019t slept in two days, overwhelmed by the support, and Brittany says meeting him in person was even more heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7616778547222334752?lang=en-GB&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fwoman-raises-900k-for-78-year-old-doordash-driver-who-took-job-to-pay-for-wifes-medication%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawQmSodleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFFSGR4TzZEc1RtbUJYVjlGc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiSNFWRZJpsEpNIez5nuPq1IUa7_xEOAiuddB-aRLrvklTB1Sg5xZVGOj33a_aem_fJUg5uC28eUxrEjA_CVzqA&amp;embedFrom=oembed\" name=\"__tt_embed__v72318292719762980\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A simple act of kindness changed the life of 78-year-old DoorDash driver Richard. Brittany Smith from Tennessee noticed her daughter\u2019s Starbucks order being delivered by a struggling elderly man. Her daughter\u2019s father, a quadriplegic, couldn\u2019t get the Starbucks himself, and the man\u2019s struggle inspired Brittany to help. She posted a short video online, which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=20905\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Woman raises 900k for 78-year-old DoorDash driver who took job to pay for wife\u2019s medication !&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20907,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20905\/revisions\/20907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}