Jennygirl
05-11-2007, 10:10 AM
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A Goodwill worker made a discovery worth a small fortune.
Kelli Owens is a single mother of three.
Goodwill is training her to work in retail.
Owens sorts through donations as part of her training.
She was sorting through clothes on Tuesday when she picked up a rolled-up pair of pajama pants.
Several envelopes fell out of the pants.
Owens picked up the envelopes and discovered they had money inside.
SURVEY
What would you do with the money if you had found it?
Please vote, and call in to share your comments on the WYYF Comment Line: 864-242-4444.
Keep it
Keep some, turn the rest in
Turn it all in to Goodwill
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She immediately took the envelopes to her manager.
"I couldn't keep it because it belonged to somebody else, you know, I couldn't live with myself knowing that," Kelli told WYFF News 4's Erin Hartness.
Workers counted the money and discovered it totaled more than $5,000.
There was also a note with the money.
The note said the money had been saved for a particular person and the giver hoped he or she spent the money wisely.
Goodwill is now looking for the owner.
To claim the money a person must know the exact amount, the name on the letter, and the Goodwill location where the donation was dropped off.
The owner can claim the money by calling (864)351-0100.
Goodwill's Executive Director, Bill Wylie, said he couldn't be prouder of Owens for turning the money in.
"Everything can be going bad and all of the sudden you hear about something like that and it's like being able to scale Mt. Everest in about 15 minutes," Wylie said.
Kelli Owens is a single mother of three.
Goodwill is training her to work in retail.
Owens sorts through donations as part of her training.
She was sorting through clothes on Tuesday when she picked up a rolled-up pair of pajama pants.
Several envelopes fell out of the pants.
Owens picked up the envelopes and discovered they had money inside.
SURVEY
What would you do with the money if you had found it?
Please vote, and call in to share your comments on the WYYF Comment Line: 864-242-4444.
Keep it
Keep some, turn the rest in
Turn it all in to Goodwill
Results | Disclaimer
She immediately took the envelopes to her manager.
"I couldn't keep it because it belonged to somebody else, you know, I couldn't live with myself knowing that," Kelli told WYFF News 4's Erin Hartness.
Workers counted the money and discovered it totaled more than $5,000.
There was also a note with the money.
The note said the money had been saved for a particular person and the giver hoped he or she spent the money wisely.
Goodwill is now looking for the owner.
To claim the money a person must know the exact amount, the name on the letter, and the Goodwill location where the donation was dropped off.
The owner can claim the money by calling (864)351-0100.
Goodwill's Executive Director, Bill Wylie, said he couldn't be prouder of Owens for turning the money in.
"Everything can be going bad and all of the sudden you hear about something like that and it's like being able to scale Mt. Everest in about 15 minutes," Wylie said.