How to change a life

👆 This is Dillon McCormick, a US air force veteran who is often seen on shopping cart duty at a local Winn-Dixie grocery store in the New Orleans area. 

• The 90-year-old receives $1,100 from social security each month, which is less than half of his average monthly living expenses. He was forced to get his job pushing carts to make ends meet.

It gets better... After noticing the veteran out working in the Lousiana heat last month, Karen Swensen Ronquillo, a former local TV news anchor, set up a GoFundMe in an effort to help Dillon find some financial security.

• Donations from around the country soon came flooding in, raising more than $230,000 in a matter of days.
• Dillon was overwhelmed by Karen's kind gesture. "There’s very few people like her left in this crazy world of ours,” the veteran told CBS. “But as long as she’s alive, people are in good shape.”

+Note: This story was previously published in the 6/25/24 edition of Positive DONUT.