Cash-strapped grandma Betty Glover launched a fundraising appeal to help her retire sooner.

DLNews Staff:

Nevertheless, Betty Glover (91) is still working at the supermarket checkout at the US chain "WinCo." Twice a week, she earns extra money.

Because: The great-great-grandmother from Phoenix (US state Oregon) has big money problems. Despite her advanced age, she lives in a mobile home and still has to pay it off. Her eyes are also slowly failing her. By her own account, she has already put a full seven decades of work behind her - the last ten of them at "WinCo."

Now she may have enough money to retire. She owes it all to a touching donation campaign on the Internet. Betty received almost 90,000 US dollars - more than double the donation goal (40,000 US dollars). "I need to retire," she said in it.

Betty initially needed help figuring out how to start a fundraising appeal on the web. Her granddaughter helped her, she recounted. Then, having little hope, she said, "Nobody will do anything. No one cares anymore."

Like anywhere in the world, many retirees in the U.S. struggle with money problems in old age. Inflation is making medicine more expensive in addition to purchases. For millions, getting older is becoming a burden in everyday life.

Betty is fortunate.

Betty's everyday life was sweetened to the end by her regular customers. Because of them, she loved her work despite her advanced age. Yet a year ago, her legs began to fail, she recalls. As a result, she had to cut back and reduce her hours from four days to two.

But that, too, will soon come to an end. Thanks to the fundraising campaign, she can finally hang up her job! May 1 is the day.

Betty is looking forward to spending time with her family. She has two children, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.