MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- Donation attendants for Goodwill Industries say they've discovered everything from dead animals to a handgun when unpacking boxes of donated goods at the Marshfield store.
But, their biggest surprise might have been in the box of donated shoes that arrived recently.
Jerry Schmitz and Len Nyen found a stack of crisp $100 bills tucked inside the box. Schmitz says he was "in a state of shock" when the bundle of cash totaled $13,000.
The two took the money straight to their manager. And using receipts that were in the shoe box, they were able to find the couple who donated the shoes.
The woman, who doesn't want to be identified, says her husband, now in a nursing home, grew up during the Depression and always kept some money at home. She never knew about the cash and says her husband likely forgot about it.
ADVERTISEMENT
___
Information from: Marshfield News-Herald, http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com
