• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Strangers raise over $133k for 82-year-old Walmart worker who went viral on TikTok

Home> Community

Published 15:51 30 Dec 2022 GMT

Strangers raise over $133k for 82-year-old Walmart worker who went viral on TikTok

People have raised over $133k for an 82-year-old Walmart worker who is struggling to pay her medical bills.

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

In one of the most heartwarming things you will read today, strangers have raised over $133,000 for a Walmart worker to help with medical bills.

82-year-old Carman Kelly went viral on TikTok after Liz Rizzo noticed her standing up for hours during a shift at a Walmart in Arizona, US.

Rizzo shared Kelly's story online, which has notched up over 15 million views and 2 million views in the weeks that have followed. Watch it below:

Starting the TikTok, Rizzo said: "Look at this woman having to work here at Walmart with her cane."

Advert

She then asked her what her name was, while also asking for her age and whether she had to work, as typically most would be retired at Kelly's age.

Rizzo continued: "I'm gonna put you on TikTok - I'm gonna make sure this goes viral and get you some help, Carman.

"I'm going to try my best. Everyone, she’s 82 years old and working at Walmart. Let's help her out. Come on my TikTok friends. Thank you."

Rizzo filmed Kelly working at an Arizona Walmart.
Liz Rizzo/GoFundMe

Advert

Rizzo then spoke to Good Morning America to give a bit more context to the situation.

She said: "We talked afterwards and I asked her, ‘If you want, I'll help you … I can do fundraising.

The TikToker also added that she asked Kelly's permission first to post the TikTok.

She added: "We did her bills and it came up to about $10,000 so that's what I put on GoFundMe."

Advert

So Rizzo started the GoFundMe with the aim of raising $10,000 for Kelly, but at the time of writing, it sits at $133,395 raised from over 9,000 donations - more than ten times the original target.

Kelly has been working at the Arizona supermarket for nearly two years, and explained to Good Morning America that she took the job to help her make ends meet.

Kelly is working at Walmart to help with her medical bills.
Robert K. Chin - Storefronts / Alamy Stock Photo

She said: "I've been having a really hard time money wise, medical wise and I've fallen quite a few times over the past year and so I had some big hospital bills from that.

Advert

"My Walmart money, it helped me pay for food and gas and other things."

In the fundraiser, Rizzo said all the money raised would go to Kelly who is set to receive a mammoth windfall.

Kelly said: "I'm going to be able to pay off all my bills, get a new place to live, hopefully [an] assisted living place to just help me with life.

"I can't thank the American people and the people from Australia, I believe it was, and some other countries that were so generous and kind. I can't thank them enough."

Featured Image Credit: Liz Rizzo/GoFundMe

Topics: US News, Walmart

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

a day ago
3 days ago
4 days ago
  • a day ago

    Mom-to-be slammed for naming baby after disaster that impacted millions of people around the world

    One social media user wrote that they 'refused to believe this is real'

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Horrifying simulation reveals what really happened when man was swallowed whole by a humpback whale

    A new terrifying fear has just been unlocked, brilliant...

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Hidden interview question could cost you that new job even if you are perfect for the role

    Don't get caught out...

    Community
  • 4 days ago

    Shocking simulation reveals how two inmates in separate prison cells had a baby without ever meeting

    Miami inmates Daisy Link and Joan Depaz had never met

    Community
  • Walmart workers claim there's 'no way' 19-year-old coworker locked herself in oven and 'baked to death'
  • Viral sensation and TikTok star Khaby Lame shockingly detained in the US
  • Walmart employee finally explains the meaning behind different badge colors
  • 22-year-old college student tragically dies from eating peanuts just days after graduating