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Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 3:43:31 PM

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota.

That's when a tall man in a red coat and red hat sat next to her at the downtown bus station, talked to her quietly and then slipped her $100 on that recent December afternoon.

The man was doing the work of Larry Stewart, Kansas City's original Secret Santa who anonymously wandered city streets doling out $100 bills to anyone who looked like they needed it. Stewart died of cancer at age 58 earlier this year, but his legacy lives on.

"He said 'Here's a $100 bill ... and this is in memory of Larry Stewart,' " said Dahl, 56.
During about a quarter century, Stewart quietly gave out more than $1.3 million to people in laundromats, diners, bus stations, shelters and thrift stores, saying it was his way of giving back at Christmas for all the wealth and generosity he had received in his lifetime.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22361127

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 3:46:58 PM

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Thank you, Level. Admist all the mess and fuss, that was lovely to read.

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 3:48:31 PM

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You're welcome, feylin. I saw a piece on it the other night, on TV; it made me smile.

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 6:15:38 PM

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happy news!!! thanks Level

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 7:36:05 PM

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Nice. Here's another to keep the good-feeling alive:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22332374/

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 9:30:34 PM

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Great story

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/21/2007 10:21:52 PM

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Thank you for the good stories folks. Here is a link to Network for Good that offers information on various organizations
for both volunteers and those wishing to donate financially.

http://www.networkforgood.org/

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/22/2007 2:13:48 AM

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happy news!!! thanks Level

You're welcome

DMinCT, that was a great story about the Salvation Army

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/22/2007 11:40:05 AM

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Seasons Greetings All,

I just saw that story on CNN. It was great to know that one man who experienced extreme poverty never forgot where he came from and made it his life's work to leave a lasting legacy. Truly, a pay it forward moment. Wishing the best of the season to you and yours, may we all contribute in some small way to keeping his legacy alive through helping those less fortunate.

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RE: Good story: Secret Santa - 12/22/2007 7:39:19 PM

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Both are beautiful stories that warm the heart. It is sad to note the warning in the second story though. People are forgetting the "reason for the season" and the joys of giving and volunteering. There is so much more to life then just receiving things or making tons of money to buy fancy stuff. Lessons I plan on teaching to my UMs and I hope that they take them to heart.

Thank you and Yuletide Greetings to all.

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