Dollars and cents comprise the typical donation to a Salvation Army kettle during the holidays, but one Secret Santa in the Chicago area left a gift that was positively golden.
On Wednesday, an anonymous donor dropped four gold coins worth $1,300 each into a Salvation Army kettle on outside a Walmart store in suburban Lake Zurich, Ill.
"We don't have any idea who made the donation," Salvation Army spokesman Alyse Chadwick Chung told the Daily Herald. "[It was] totally anonymous."
A Salvation Army spokesperson said the coins were an ounce of gold apiece.
"This time of year, we are reminded of the generosity of our donors, and the needs of our clients," Capt. David Martinez of The Salvation Army Des Plaines Corps told the Sun-Times. “Gold coins are important, not only because of the direct benefit that the additional funds provide to the people that we serve, but also because it provides both our bell ringers and our community with more optimism for the year to come."
The tradition of dropping the rare gold coins -- sometimes known as "Walking Liberty" coins among collectors -- into Salvation Army kettles dates back more than 25 years and first began in the Chicago suburbs of McHenry County, according to the Daily Herald.
In contrast to the anonymous donor's good deed, a Chicago man working as a bell ringer was recently arrested for the grinchly crime of stealing more than $1,000 from a kettle he was tending.
Joe Horton, 52, is accused of taking $1,030 in donations while volunteering as a bell ringer, the Tribune reports. Prosecutors say Horton also tried to used a woman's credit card after she dropped her wallet outside a suburban Dominick's store where he was stationed.
CBS Chicago reports Horton is charged with one count of felony identity theft, and one count of misdemeanor theft. He is being held on $40,000 bond.
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On Wednesday, an anonymous donor dropped four gold coins worth $1,300 each into a Salvation Army kettle on outside a Walmart store in suburban Lake Zurich, Ill.
"We don't have any idea who made the donation," Salvation Army spokesman Alyse Chadwick Chung told the Daily Herald. "[It was] totally anonymous."
A Salvation Army spokesperson said the coins were an ounce of gold apiece.
"This time of year, we are reminded of the generosity of our donors, and the needs of our clients," Capt. David Martinez of The Salvation Army Des Plaines Corps told the Sun-Times. “Gold coins are important, not only because of the direct benefit that the additional funds provide to the people that we serve, but also because it provides both our bell ringers and our community with more optimism for the year to come."
The tradition of dropping the rare gold coins -- sometimes known as "Walking Liberty" coins among collectors -- into Salvation Army kettles dates back more than 25 years and first began in the Chicago suburbs of McHenry County, according to the Daily Herald.
In contrast to the anonymous donor's good deed, a Chicago man working as a bell ringer was recently arrested for the grinchly crime of stealing more than $1,000 from a kettle he was tending.
Joe Horton, 52, is accused of taking $1,030 in donations while volunteering as a bell ringer, the Tribune reports. Prosecutors say Horton also tried to used a woman's credit card after she dropped her wallet outside a suburban Dominick's store where he was stationed.
CBS Chicago reports Horton is charged with one count of felony identity theft, and one count of misdemeanor theft. He is being held on $40,000 bond.
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