Natalie DuBose spent her life savings opening a small bakery in Ferguson this June, and saw it trashed during protests this week. People have donated more than $170,000 in two days to help her rebuild.
Via gofundme.com
It was a devastating situation: Natalie Dubose, a single mother of two young children, poured her life savings into her dream of opening a bakery in Ferguson, Missouri this June. This week, amid the Monday night protests that overtook the town, Natalie's Cakes & More saw its windows smashed in, glass and debris ruining baking supplies, and marring the storefront she had invested so much time and money in.
But her story took a twist after a couple of strangers asked how they might be able to make a donation to help rebuild. In short order, two GoFundMe pages (which have now been consolidated to one) popped up with a goal of raising $20,000.
And now, on the eve of Thanksgiving, Natalie's Cakes & More has received more than $170,000 in donations from thousands of well-wishers, and its Facebook page is overrun with messages of support from all over the nation: Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, New York, Arizona, South Carolina, to name a few, and even one from Amsterdam.
"It's just been totally overwhelming," Dubose told BuzzFeed News on a brief break from baking cakes and filling orders for the busy Thanksgiving weekend. "I'm just grateful. Grateful is the only word I can describe feeling right now."
The money that has flooded in is far more than was asked for, and will be able to pay for much more than just repairs to the store. Dubose, buried in work fulfilling Thanksgiving-weekend orders, hasn't had the time to think through how she will use the incredible windfall.
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