Franklin, Tennessee, moms and Instagram influencers hosted Venmo challenges to help a 25-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri, acquire a new car and find a fresh start.
HALIFAX In a time when many workers in Nova Scotia’s service industry are struggling financially due to the province’s latest lockdown, one Halifax woman is paying it forward thanks to the support from her community. Inspired by a viral TikTok challenge, Sarah Dobson created ‘HaliFunds’ as a way to give back to front-line workers in her community. “I had been seeing this TikTok trend called ‘The Venmo Challenge’, where in different cities across the world, people would open a Venmo account and ask people to send them just a dollar or two dollars, something they might have thrown in a tip jar. I thought it was a good idea to start it here because there are so many people who are out of work or working through this really scary time,” explains Dobson.