Over $370K raised for 81-year-old delivery driver paying wife’s medical bills
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We didn’t ask for it, but it helps so much,” he said of Howell, adding, “I look forward to the day that I can help people just like I’m being helped now.” The GoFundMe post had raised more than $371,200 of its $400,000 goal from more than 6,500 donations as of Thursday afternoon.
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Over $370K raised for 81-year-old delivery driver paying wife’s medical bills
By Katie Scott Global News
Posted September 24, 2026 4:00 pm
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Don Johnson, 81, is working as an independent contractor delivering lost luggage to owners' homes. GoFundMe/Erin H
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After an 81-year-old delivery driver delivered was spotted delivering lost luggage on a doorbell camera, a Texas woman started a fundraiser to support him, raising more than US$370,000 in donations.
The woman, named Erin Howell, started a GoFundMe page for Don Johnson, who ” has been working around the clock delivering luggage to make ends meet.”
Johnson is an independent contractor who delivers lost or delayed luggage to homes from the airport.
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“The other day, my door cam caught an 81-year-old man slowly and painstakingly carrying my heavy luggage that had been lost on a recent flight up a steep flight of stairs,” Howell wrote in the GoFundMe description.
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“He looked absolutely exhausted, and his steps were heavy with effort. It completely broke my heart to see a man of his age doing such intense, grueling physical labor, so I opened my door to meet him and to offer my help. That is when I learned the devastating truth about his situation,” she added.
Johnson told Howell that he has put over “200,000 grueling miles on his car which has caused it to no longer run at times.”
When she asked him why he continues to work the physically demanding job at the age of 81, he told her, “it’s the only job that will hire me.”
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She said that Johnson isn’t working by choice but “working for survival.”
“His beautiful wife of 57 years, Josephine, is currently fighting a severe battle against cancer. The staggering medical bills, continuous treatments, expensive prescription medications, and…
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