$5,000 falls from pyjama bottoms

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Someone left more than $5,000 in cash in an envelope tucked into a pair of pyjamas donated to Goodwill.

The note, signed with only a first name, said the donor had been saving it awhile and hoped the person who found the cash would spend it wisely, said Bill W., president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Upper South Carolina.

Goodwill has placed the money in a safe, waiting to see if someone claims it. If no one does, it will become a donation, Bill said.

Kelli O. found the money Tuesday morning while sorting through clothes as part of a job training program. The 21-year-old single mother of three children said she could think of plenty of ways to spend the cash. Instead, she took it straight to her supervisor, then returned to finish the final six hours of her shift.

"I'm an honest person," Kelli said. "I was brought up that way. I'm always going to be that way."

Wylie isn't giving out the name or the exact amount of cash so that he'll have a way of identifying the person.

Goodwill also plans to honour the honesty of Kelli, who lives with her 3 children; as well as her mother and two younger sisters.

The organization will give her a few gift certificates and throw her a party, Bill said.

"It's really nice to have somebody that's honest working for you," he said. "We're very proud of her."

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