@Thatsalie @Thatsalie I would say that particular line is just the product of whoever wrote this story trying to make it sound cutesy and use the old "when I saw what happened I leapt into action" trope that you see so frequently in feel good articles. This actually happened in my town and so I got the chance to see it all unfold as his mom posted about it on Facebook. She was aware of her son's decision to try to raise the money and set up a stand as it was happening and never claimed she wasn't. In her initial post she explained everything with the dog and her son deciding to set up his little roadside stand and simply asked that anyone who might be interested in the cards consider stopping by or even simply send her son their well wishes and words of support and encouragement. Then people began offering to send money to her via facebook pay, and eventually someone suggested she set up a go fund me so she did. I believe they were able to meet their initial goal within like a day or less, and it was at around $1100 when I last saw it. I'm shocked to learn that they ended up raising an even more impressive $5000 + in the end and am so thankful to live in a community as caring and neighborly as this one.
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@Thatsalie @Thatsalie I would say that particular line is just the product of whoever wrote this story trying to make it sound cutesy and use the old "when I saw what happened I leapt into action" trope that you see so frequently in feel good articles. This actually happened in my town and so I got the chance to see it all unfold as his mom posted about it on Facebook. She was aware of her son's decision to try to raise the money and set up a stand as it was happening and never claimed she wasn't. In her initial post she explained everything with the dog and her son deciding to set up his little roadside stand and simply asked that anyone who might be interested in the cards consider stopping by or even simply send her son their well wishes and words of support and encouragement. Then people began offering to send money to her via facebook pay, and eventually someone suggested she set up a go fund me so she did. I believe they were able to meet their initial goal within like a day or less, and it was at around $1100 when I last saw it. I'm shocked to learn that they ended up raising an even more impressive $5000 + in the end and am so thankful to live in a community as caring and neighborly as this one.