VIDEO: WW2 Veteran Walks 100 Miles for the Hungry
A 99-year-old World War Two vet from Minnesota named Mickey Nelson has upped the ante in the “walking for charity” trend. To raise money for coronavirus relief, he’s walking 100 miles before his 100th birthday on June 27th. He says he wants to feed as many people as possible.
Since beginning his walk in May, Nelson has raised over $42,000 — all which will go to The Salvation Army’s feeding and emergency programs.
“During the years of the depression, they had soup lines and other ways for people to get food and that stood out to me because I’ve been lucky to always have food on the table,” Nelson told CNN. “When everything happened, that is what I thought of: there are people going hungry and I can do something about it.”
I’m not crying. I’m just cutting onions…
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