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JimmyParisi


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When an 80-year-old man donated a suit to a Goodwill store in Moline, Ill., he accidentally gave away the wrong suit. The suit he gave away had his entire life savings of $13,000 sewn into the lining of the jacket.

The enormity of the mistake was compounded by the fact that he needed the money to help pay for his wifes stage-four cancer treatments.

Nevertheless, he is refusing donations from well-wishers as far away as Germany who have contacted the Goodwill and news organizations trying to help.

If you could please ask his daughter to open a charity account or give people a place to donate to him, I know I would love to give him $100 this holiday season, a California woman wrote in an email to news station WQAD. I am not wealthy, but I can understand how hard times can be when a loved one [has] cancer and all the world seems to be so black.

His daughter thanked those who had offered support in a statement released to WQAD.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/elderly-man-accidentally-gives-life-savings-to-goodwill/

If people are offering to give you money after this situation, would you accept it? If you heard this happened, would you try to give her money?



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I would not accept money after this situation, its a nice jesture but i doubt he wants people's sympathy giving. I would honestly try to give her money though even though it would be in vain.

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If someone I loved had stage 4 cancer, of course I'd do anything possible to keep them alive. I would be very thankful if people donated money for someone I cared about, though in this tough economy, less people are donating.

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Can't let pride get in the way of accepting donations for a serious condition.

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I would be frustrated with myself for letting something like that happen to me. But, of course, if my loved one needed the treatments to stay alive I would do everything possible to keep them alive.

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I can understand why he is refusing the donations, but considering the situation that his wife is in I would take them

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Who in their right mind would put their life savings into a suit? What happens if someone decides to put it in the cleaners? Then he's out of luck ._.
Kevin Sullivan wrote:

I can understand why he is refusing the donations, but considering the situation that his wife is in I would take them

Yeah, that is what I was thinking.



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I would feel really bad for accepting any donations, but i still would in order to save a loved one. Of course i would donate to someone in this situation.

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how can this be done on accident? it should just be given back

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