Stephen: Goodwill worker finds $42,000 mistakenly donated

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An Oklahoma Goodwill thrift store employee was sorting through donations when she felt an odd lump wrapped up in two sweaters. New employee Andrea Lessing assumed the lump was just a few books, until she unwrapped the sweaters and found $42,000. Lessing told CNN: “My first thought was that it was fake. We’ve seen $5 and $20 donated here and there, but never in my life had I seen that much money!”  She said she never thought about stealing the money for one second because she didn’t want to risk anything that could affect her six-year-old daughter.  Lessing’s also a firm believer in karma. Thankfully, documents on the donation let Goodwill find the rightful owner of the $42,000.  The person who mistakenly donated the cash gave Lessing $1,000 for her honesty.  She plans to use some of the money to give her daughter “an amazing birthday party”.

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