(WWJ) – Philanthropist Bill Pulte, who has strong ties to Metro Detroit and Michigan, is using his massive Twitter following to help the grieving families of the deadly Texas school shooting pay for funerals.
Pulte has become something of a hero on Twitter, donating to people in need on a daily basis.
After Tuesday’s news of the Texas shooting, he turned his focus to the families in Uvalde and called upon his followers to step up.
He first received a message from a young man whose aunt, Irma Garcia, was one of the teachers killed in the massacre, and he stepped up to help the family reach their $30,000 goal – and then some – by not only donating himself, but promoting the family’s GoFundMe page.
That was Wednesday morning. And by the afternoon, Pulte had gotten involved with other campaigns for different families, including 10-year-old Tess Mata.
As of 9 p.m., Garcia’s page was approaching $90,000 of its $30,000 goal and Mata’s page had more than doubled its goal of $25,000.
According to the Free Press, other campaigns for families impacted by the shooting included:
• Irma Garcia had reached $55,326 of a $30,000 goal
• Xavier Lopez, 10, the first child identified, had reached $92,709 of a $17,000 goal
• Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10, had reached $25,709 of an $18,000 goal
• Los Verdes Supporter Group of Austin had raised $56,287 of $65,000
• VictimsFirst had raised $1,038,010 of $2 million (increased from a $100,000 goal) for its Texas Elementary School Shooting Victims Fund
GoFundMe created a landing page with a directory of verified fundraisers for the victims and their families.
Pulte’s grandfather, also named Bill Pulte was born in Detroit and went on to found PulteGroup -- now one of the country's largest home construction companies.
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