Overview
- The GoFundMe for Ed Bambas surpassed $1.7 million by Friday, according to multiple outlets.
- Influencer Sam Weidenhofer filmed a brief exchange asking Bambas “What’s your dream?” before launching the online fundraiser.
- Bambas worked 40 years at General Motors and says the company’s 2009 bankruptcy wiped out his pension.
- Following his wife’s illness and death, he took a job at a Meijer store and has been working full-time to pay bills.
- Local reporting says he will receive a check for more than $1 million, and Bambas says the moment taught him to be polite to people.