Influencer helps raise over $1M for 88-year-old veteran who works at Brighton Meijer

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Ed Bambas, an 88-year-old Army veteran working full-time at the Meijer in Brighton was approached by influencer Samuel Weidenhofer to create a life-changing moment. Weidenhofer started a GoFundMe page to gain support for Bambas to retire — and the fund has crossed the $1 million mark today.

Bambas works full-time at Meijer, eight-hour shifts five days a week. After he retired from General Motors in 1999, Bambas said he lost his pension when the company went bankrupt in 2009…

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