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$1M Fundraiser Helps 78-Year-Old DoorDash Worker in Tennessee Pay Bills, 'Buy New Tires'

Summary by The Tennessean
Seventy-eight-year-old DoorDash worker Richard Pulley has a gofundme check for $965,868 to help with bills thanks to customers like Brittany Smith.

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Not even nearly a million dollars in donations gets DoorDash driver Richard Pulley, 78 years old, to withdraw. Pulley received a check for $965,868 on Friday, weeks after a viral video showed him carefully climbing the steps to deliver a Starbucks order in East Tennessee. The video, shared by customer Brittany Smith, captured Pulley at his Ring bell doing more than necessary in his deliveries. It went viral quickly and inspired strangers to cont…

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Upworthy broke the news in on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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