It was a sad scene: a 90-year-old New Hampshire Air Force veteran known only as “Donald” was seen on camera pawning jewelry to collect enough money to pay his back rent and spare him and his dementia-stricken wife from eviction.
But a pawn shop worker and TikToker named Jenelle Marie met Donald and stepped up to the plate, starting a GoFundMe campaign that has raised over $350,000. Who says Americans don’t care about each other?
Donald was in dire straits:
TikToker Jenelle Marie started the GoFundMe for the New Hampshire man, who was identified only as Donald.
Marie ran into Donald at U.S. Gold and Pawn in Manchester, and he told her about his trying situation.
Donald told Marie he’s been caring for his ailing wife, and fell behind on his rent, after his landlord increased it.
“He’s deathly afraid he’s going to be displaced and that they are going to make his wife go to a…
