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Carlton Guthrie reports: I used a wrinkle on the idea from the book where the author put a dollar bill with a church card attached on the floor at the mall and witnessed people pick up the $ and look at the card and pass it along to their friends. I see families and people often sitting in the waiting room at the ER at St Mary's. There are vending machines in the main hallway around the corner. A couple of times a day, I will walk by and tape a dollar bill and church card along with a sticky note that says "NEED ONE?" Every time I go back by, the card and dollar are gone. Hopefully it is getting into the hands of someone who needed something nice to happen to them.

Wendy Fletcher writes: At a local department store, the checkout lady was talking to another employee with whom she was angry because her attempt to jump start his car the day – seems it resulted in a cable coming loose on her car, costing $65 in repairs, and missed wages. As I left, I handed her $5 of the $10 we were given and told her I knew it wouldn’t make up for the $65 she spent but that she could now only consider it only $60 and that I hoped God would bless her for doing that. In shock, she said “no, I can’t”, pushing the money away, but I told her to have a blessed day as I walked out and she said “thank you” and smiled.

One dollar was given to a man who clears off tables at a restaurant – he just sort of looked at me and said “thank you”.

Another dollar given to a Walmart Greeter – told her that I knew she didn’t make a lot of money but was thankful she did her job with a smile (yes, I know they are supposed to smile but not all do) told me I didn’t have to do that but I insisted and she smiled and said “thank you”.