When an Oklahoma Goodwill employee uncovered a stash of $42,000 wrapped in two donated sweaters, she chose to do the right thing. Although she parted with the cash instead of pocketing it, her act paid off in the end. Mom of one Andrea Lessing had worked at the Norman-based thrift store for a month-and-a-half when she made a shocking find: the largest money stash Goodwill of Central Oklahoma had ever seen. “You want to make sure there’s good product, there’s no stains, there’s no holes, there’s no tears, there’s no rips,” Lessing told KFOR. She inspected the two donated sweaters closely. At first, she thought they were wrapped around books but quickly realized they were stacks of envelopes filled with $100 bills, totaling a whopping $42,000. Her first suspicion was that the bills must be fake. But they were real. Lessing, who believes in karma, alerted her supervisor. “Normally we have …
Goodwill Employee Finds $42,000 in Donated Sweaters, Gets Reward for Doing ‘The Right Thing’
April 2, 2021
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