$3100 Cash Returned To 90 Year Old Widow

90 year old Evelyn Weiner got an unexpected surprise when she turned in an old film canister for processing.She had sent the 70 year old rolls of film off to be converted to DVD format by a Georgia company called Yes Video. An employee at the company discovered more than just film in the canister though. Hidden inside was also $3100 in cash which the late Mickey Weiner had hidden away in hopes of someday using it to take his wife on a trip to Isreal. Sadly he never got that chance and Evelyn had no idea he had stashed the money away.

It would have been easy enough for the Yes Video employee to simply pocket the money themselves but instead they worked to notify Mrs. Weiner of her good fortune and the money was returned to her. She sees this act as a renewal of her faith in the humanity of others and a sign that her husband is still watching over her to this day.

"When you pick up the newspaper or watch the television, everybody's bad, everybody steals," she stated, "And here, somebody hands me money that I didn't know was there."

80-Year-Old Lobster Rescued from a Boiling Connecticut Pot

People Are Awesome: 80-Year-Old Lobster Rescued from a Boiling Connecticut Pot - News - GOOD

Sometimes the folks who benefit from kind deeds aren't people at all. Lobsters need love, too! The best part is that the lobster in question was released into a habitat that's safe from fishing boats, so he's not likely to be caught someplace else.



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Woman Buys $10 Painting, Discovers It's Worth $20k

When North Carolina artist Beth Feeback rushed into her local thrift store, she had no idea she would be walking out with a treasure. She had gone in to get a sweater to keep away the chill of a rainy afternoon, but while there she noticed two paintings for $10 each. The abstract artwork wasn't quite her style but she purchased them anyway in hopes of painting over them.

That repaint fortunately never happened because Beth discovered later that one of those paintings was a work called Vertical Diamond by 20th century artist Ilya Bolotowsky. The painting is valued at $20,000. Beth plans to sell the painting at auction and she is greatful for the turn in her luck. She has been unemployeed since 2008 and her unemployment money had long since stopped coming in. Beth had been getting by with dipping into her savings and selling her art, pet portraits, at local craft fairs. The money she will get from the painting will help her get back on her feet.