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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHomeless man leaves donation at damaged Oregon Historical Society
https://www.koin.com/news/protests/homeless-man-leaves-donation-for-battered-oregon-historical-society/PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) Executive Director of the Historical Societys Kerry Tymchuk shared a heart-warming story Monday following the destruction caused to the OHS building during Sunday nights riot.
Tymchuk said a napkin was dropped off at the front desk of OHS with a handwritten note and a one dollar bill:
Hello, Im homeless, so I dont have much to give you. Just some of my bottle collecting money. But, I saw your windows got broken and I wanted to help. You once gave me a free tour before the pandemic. So, this is a thank you.
OSCAR
Tymchuk spoke about the generous gift and said that though OHS was receiving several donations in the aftermath of the damage, Oscars gesture was priceless.
Weve been fortunate to receive many generous donations to OHS over the yearssome upwards o a million or more dollars, he said. No donation means more to me and to the society than this dollar donation from Oscar.
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Homeless man leaves donation at damaged Oregon Historical Society (Original Post)
Mme. Defarge
Oct 2020
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SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)1. Ah, a true gift from the heart that is priceless! Thanks so much Oscar, and I wish him the best
too (Oscar).
Loryn
(943 posts)2. What a beautiful thing.
Sometimes I forget how wonderful humans can be.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3. K&R
Karadeniz
(22,473 posts)4. Biblical... The widow's mite...
TomSlick
(11,088 posts)7. That was my thought.
That's what comes of being raised in Church.
"Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury. For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living."
Mark 12:43-44.
SnowCritter
(810 posts)8. That was my first thought, too
N/T
crickets
(25,952 posts)5. You know, people can be amazing sometimes. nt
malaise
(268,711 posts)6. Beautiful