Canada.
So this old Canadian couple won $11.2 million from a lottery ticket in July, but they’ve decided not to go for the American dream (duh, they’re Canadian). Instead, they spent all the money helping other people.
They took care of family first and then began delivering donations to the two pages’ worth of groups they had decided on, including the local fire department, churches, cemeteries, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, hospitals in Truro and Halifax, where Violet underwent her cancer treatment, and organizations that fight cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
And what makes their story even more incredible is the fact that the decision to give away the money was made at a time when the wife just discovered she had cancer. Most people would have spent everything traveling to exotic places or buying expensive stuff they don’t need (while they still can), but not this couple.
“It made us feel good,” said Violet. “And there’s so much good being done with that money.”
Faith in humanity – rising! Also, this makes me forgive Canada for that Justine Bieber thing.
