A longtime Walgreens worker affectionately often called “Pharmacist Bob” acquired a stunning $6,000 present on Saturday from an 11-year-old boy and devoted prospects main as much as his Massachusetts retailer’s closure.
Bob Hesselberg, who has run the pharmacy counter for the Walgreens on Boston Publish Highway in Weston for greater than 30 years, acquired the heartwarming sendoff earlier than he’s relocated to a different Walgreens in Waltham subsequent month, in line with CBS Boston.
Aarav Khanna, 11, helped arrange the small celebration for the pharmacist who he acquired to know as a result of his faculty bus often drops him off proper throughout the road from the native Walgreens.
“I’ve seen the quantity of kindness and arduous work he places into his job,” Khanna informed the station.
Khanna reportedly raised about $6,000 to present to Hesselberg as a token of appreciation. A younger lady additionally gave the employee a home made card.
“It’s humbling. I can’t imagine it. It’s superb,” veteran pharmacist Hesselberg informed the station.
“I don’t wish to retire, although I’m 75. I don’t wish to retire. I’m not prepared for it.”
Resident Carol Ott who got here out for the celebration lauded the friendliness Hesselberg has proven prospects.
“You stroll in, he not solely greets you by identify, however he desires to understand how your loved ones is, and the way is that medicine you had final time, and the way are you doing? And he means it,” she informed the Boston information station.
The gratifying second comes amid main cuts by Walgreens which plans on closing 1,200 shops over the subsequent three years as the corporate faces monetary struggles.
“I’m gonna miss everyone. And I’m very grateful for all of this,” Hesselberg informed the group. “And thanks a lot.”
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