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What goes around comes around.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Teodora Petrova of MERS Goodwill)(Brief article)
On November 3, 26-year-old Teodora Petrova was working her first day at the MERS Goodwill Store in Glen Carbon, Illinois. As she was unpacking a box of donated shoes, she discovered stashed in the box $7,500 in cash? Rather than pocketing the cash for herself, she promptly turned it over to the store's manager. Never even considering keeping the bonanza for herself, Petrova told the Illinois Belleville News-Democrat, "I said, 'It's not my money.'"
Goodwill immediately instigated a search for the owners of the accidentally donated cash and, through hints on scraps of paper left in the box, was able to locate them. A family had been cleaning out the home of their deceased parents, and were astounded to learn of the money hidden there. The money was returned to the rightful owners--but the ...
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...resells those items at reduced prices and uses 91 percent of the proceeds to help disadvantaged individuals find jobs through MERS Goodwill Industries. "If you want to help not only your community but the community abroad in Missouri and Illinois, donate your...
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...for others. The thrift stores that define Goodwill have become a huge business and a cultural phenomenon. By year end, MERS/Goodwill will have 41 thrift stores from Southern Illinois to Joplin, twice as many stores as Dierbergs Markets Inc. Lewis Chartock...