note for homeless man's 18 cent donation (Photo : Facebook)
A homeless man has left 18 cents as a donation to a Charlotte Methodist church, and a note that explains it. However, he wants to remain anonymous.
Church volunteers found the donation early this week in the Sunday collection plate. The note was written on the outside of an envelope, and the donation was inside it.
The church secretary informed Reverend Patrick Hamrick about the envelope. They then discovered that inside it was a dime, a nickel, and three cents, according to WRIC.
The man left a note on the outside of the envelope that asked that the church not "be mad." He explained that he did not "have much" because he was homeless. The note ends with the words "God Bless."
Ann Huskey has helped to organize the church's Muffin Ministry, a breakfast program for homeless people, for several years. The anonymous note did not surprise her because she thinks that the man is a "very humble" person, according to People.
Barry Collins, a longtime member of the church, says that the homeless man likely ate during the Muffin Ministry breakfast. Then he left the note after the meal.
News of the homeless man's donation has made news reports throughout the United States. The author of the note heared about it and then contacted the church.
Hamrick says that after the homeless person left a voicemail, he found him at a nearby soup kitchen where he was eating his lunch.
Hamrick told the anonymous man that people were willing to help him financially because they were "concerned" about him. The man declined the offer, and then said that he wanted to remain "anonymous" about his gift.
However, Hamrick still wants to connect the homeless man with a Charlotte businessman. The businessman wants to give him a job.
Hamrick was touched because the man gave "everything" he had that morning. He did that even though he had "little" to donate.
Huskey hopes that everyone will learn a lesson from the event. The lesson is that "helping somebody" can be in the form of a little or big action.
