February 3, 2015

Computer science student raises over $250,000 for local man lacking transportation

After the Free Press told of Robertson's arduous 21-mile trek to and from his suburban factory job, the story inspired thousands of donations from across the nation. A day later, the soft-spoken machine operator got to meet the computer student from Wayne State University who launched an Internet crowd-funding site to gather more than $200,000 - a figure expected to continue to climb today.