I was watching the movie the Bucket List on TV last night and it made me think, what was on my bucket list? I know I wanted to become famous and be a billionaire. But strangely I always wanted to win the lottery and donate a majority of the winnings to charity and schools. It looks like I was beat to it!
Out of the blue, a MSN messenger news feed displayed an article about a couple who donated a majority of their winnings! Retired Canadian couple Allen and Violet Large donated 98 per cent of their 11.3 million dollar winnings. This story is truly breath taking. I always thought, why would anyone who is rich keep so much of their money when there are so many people out in the world that don’t have any? I know I sound naive and maybe hypocritical by saying that I would donate a lot of my money if I was a billionaire, but none the less it has always been a dream of mine. It warms my heart and moves me to see that there are still good people out in the world. The generous couple as stated by the Chronicle Herald have donated the money to fire departments, 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. The list goes on and on.
A quote that Violet Large told to a reporter was that “What you’ve never had, you never miss.” They were not a rich couple, and they were not dealt the best hand in life, and they somehow found the goodness in their heart to donate that large sum of money. God bless them.