Goodwill finds man who left $7,500 in donated shoes

by Blue Crush | November 18, 2008 at 10:44 am

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A US newcomer from Bulgaria has found cash in a shoebox on her first day on the job and helped locate the original owner.

GLEN CARBON, Ill. - It took some fancy footwork, but a Goodwill store in Illinois has found the owner of $7,500 in cash mistakenly donated with some old shoes.

A newcomer to the United States from Bulgaria found the money this month on her first day at the Goodwill store in Glen Carbon. Teodora Petrova turned over the money to management.

The cash was found in a shoebox, bundled in large denominations.

Goodwill found the family through hints on scraps of paper left in the box.

The donor apparently also called the Goodwill office, figuring he was the source of the cash.

The shoes belonged to the man's recently deceased parents.

The store said he didn't want to be identified.

The family has offered Petrova a gift for turning over the money.