Green Christmas? $100 bills handed out for holiday giving
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An anonymous donor in Maryland put her fellow congregants to work spreading Christmas cheer — with $100 bills.
The donor arranged for her pastor at Severna Park United Methodist Church to distribute a $100 bill to each of 100 different congregants on the first Sunday of December as the holiday season began.
Recipients were instructed to use the money wherever they saw a need. Some congregants gave used the money to tip waitresses. One took a cancer patient on a mini shopping spree. Another held a pizza party for a group of homeless people.
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The donor told The Washington Post she was inspired to do something positive after feeling glum in the aftermath of the year's violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.
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Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com