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Crowdfunding campaign exceeds $350,000 to help Detroit man with 21-mile walk for work
DETROIT – An online fundraiser has collected more than $350,000 for a Detroit man who says he walks 21 miles to and from his job in the suburbs.
After the Detroit Free Press wrote about James Robertson and his situation this month, a 19-year-old Wayne State University student launched the crowdfunding campaign with an initial goal of raising $5,000 to buy him a car. Robertson met Evan Leedy and told the young man he would always be in his debt.
The newspaper reports (http://on.freep.com/1C9E1GL ) that over $350,000 was raised. On Friday, Robertson was given a donated Ford Taurus by a car dealer.
The 56-year-old began making the daily trek to the factory where he moulds parts in Rochester Hills after his car stopped working in 2005 and bus service was cut back.
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