Girl Scout Cookie Fiasco Redeemed

Earlier in March we were with my daughter selling Girl Scout Cookies at a booth at our local Vons. A woman approached us and my daughter asked her if she would like to buy Girl Scout Cookies to which she said she would and asked me if we had change for a $100. Normally I would not want to give out that much change but we had been doing well, we did have several 20's and if we sold out of cookies this would be our last booth so I said yes. She along with a little boy selected 3 different boxes of cookies and I gave her the change.

The next day my wife went to deposit the money in the bank and they told her the bill was a fake. She was heartbroken and couldn't believe it. We had examined the bill and it had the magnetic strip and the watermark on it but we did not have one of those markers you use to check for fake bills. We were on the hook for $100.00. The next day my daughter shared the story in class and the kids started coming up with ideas for fundraisers but ultimately decided to have each person bring in $2.00 each. We were amazed and grateful. They actually collected $84.00 and gave it to us 2 days later. Amazing hearts of the kids and their parents to help us out. The cool thing about it was that for the month of March they were studying about compassion and because of this situation they got to feel and put into action the lesson at hand. The story about the kids made the local news paper, it hit the news stands today and by the late morning the local news station was at the school interviewing the kids from the class. Here's a link to article that was published in the paper and on their website. http://www.ocregister.com/news/isabella-501479-conger-class.html We are so grateful for everyone who pitched it. This sad event ended up as a feel good story.