The next prison term any geezer institute up how selfish millennials are and how the Internet is leading to the degradation of lodge , you could kindly prompt them of the meter an online community raised more than $ 350,000 to help a lowly old paleta seller in Little Village .
Last Thursday , aGoFundMepage was make for 89 - class - onetime paleta man Fidencio Sanchez , express a picture of Sanchez hunched over , wearing gerontological sandals , and determinedly pushing his “ Poncho Paletas ” handcart through the streets of Little Village . It ’s severely not to sleep together him a piffling … and to want him as your grandpa . Sanchez and his married woman , Eladia , had recently lost their only daughter and have each taken turns selling paletas to help cover bills , so the fundraiser ’s organizer , Joel Cervantes Macias , do the campaign at $ 3,000 to help the retiree .
Since then , the page has go cat - meme - level viral , far outperform the initial goal and quickly becoming the most successful GoFundMe of all sentence in Illinois .
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“ He ’s a powerful man . A muscular paleta man , ” chuckle Gustavo Pedraza , the owner of family - owned Paleteria Poncho in Little Village .
We endeavor to blab out to Sanchez – but , predictably , he was working – so Pedraza filled in some more point for us . Pedraza ’s paleteria , Poncho , has supplied Sanchez with homemade fruit popsicles for over twenty years until Sanchez retired this summer . But when his daughter snuff it and his wife fall ill , Sanchez came back to Poncho quick to form again .
“ He was devastated and wanted to get going … he ’s really , really hard , ” Pedraza says . “ [ Fidencio ’s ] a strong - worker and he ’s thoroughly - hearted , a good somebody … we finger so consecrate that he was in the right-hand position at the right time . ”
So what does Sanchez plan to do with his dreaming drawing winnings after the GoFundMe ends this weekend ? fit in to Pedraza , Sanchez will plausibly retire for good ( who would n’t ? ) but otherwise is require it dull : “ He ’s amaze advice , we need him to enjoy his blessing and to debar someone take vantage of him . ” A smart approach to be sure . But moochers mind , attempt to take vantage of Fidencio Sanchez and you ’ll have the choler of the intact internet to deal with .
The GoFundMe page is taking donations until Monday , September 19th .
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