Hundreds of generous donors have joined forces in the United States to comfort an 11-year-old boy. This Jeremy was making money from a lemonade stand during his summer vacation, until he was robbed by a con man. Thanks to an online fundraiser, he has the money back. Much more than that.
By our news editorsA man gave Jeremy a 100 dollar bill (more than 98 euros) to pay for the lemonade. The young lemonade seller then had to scrape together all his money to hand him $85 in change.
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At a gas station, Jeremy was shocked to discover that it was a counterfeit bill. He wanted to buy himself something tasty when the money was refused.
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When a neighbor got wind of the incident, she put a fundraiser on. With this she wanted to earn back the money for Jeremy. Nearly $9,000 has been donated there so far. “You are amazing, I am speechless,” the initiator writes on the page.
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