Bryson Kliemann had spent four years collecting his Pokémon cards. He had collected them one by one, with the kind of patience only children who truly love something have. But when his puppy Bruce arrived at the clinic in Lebanon, Virginia diagnosed with parvovirus, Bryson didn’t hesitate: he took out the box, carried it to the side of the road, and hung up a sign.
Two days and 400 dollars later, his collection had almost disappeared. His mother, Kimberly Woodruff, started a GoFundMe with a goal of 800 dollars to cover the treatment. What happened next was hard to anticipate: neighbors and strangers donated until they surpassed 28,000 dollars. Some left bills without taking a single card. The story reached Good Morning America and spread across the country. The Pokémon Company, from its headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, sent Bryson a package with the rarest and hardest-to-find cards on the market.
Bruce recovered and returned home. The remaining money was used to help pay for treatments for other sick pets in southwest Virginia. Four years later, in 2025, his mother updated the campaign to say that Bryson is still donating to charitable causes. Sometimes an 8-year-old child shows the world exactly how love works. 😭❤️