Our family received $60.00.
My wife and I took $40.00 that we were given and added another $60, and sent it to the local chapter of Susan G. Komen. $75 will stay locally to help women and their families that need assistance will their fight against breast cancer. The other $25 will go to the National Susan G. Komen research fund.
The remaining $20 we gave to our 2 boys. One son suggested giving it to Tom's Turkey Drive. On the way to Rosauers, we stopped at the bank so our sons could cash $25 birthday checks. The teller asked one of my sons where he was going to spend his birthday money and he told her that it was going to Tom's turkey drive. She said great and informed us that she was headed to Rosauers after work to be a volunteer for a few hours at the turkey drive. On the way out of the bank, a gentlemen stopped us and asked if we were headed to the turkey drive (he had obviously over heard our conversation with the teller). We told him "yes", and then he handed us $8 and asked us if we would donate it for him. This was the best part of the whole "turkey drive" trip because my kids got to witness a stranger trusting us with his money to donate to a worthy cause. We then headed to Rosauers to donate the money/buy turkey dinners. Bottom line: $20 (from Redeemer) + $45 (from our boys) + $20 (from my wife and I) + $8 (from the man at the bank)= $93 to Tom's Turkey Drive.
When we were leaving Rosauers, I said to my boys, "Wouldn't it be great to be a millionaire and be able to give money away all the time?" When I looked at them, they both agreed and had big grins on their faces.
Thanks for a great experience, Redeemer!
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