Boy spends found money on gifts for others

The Christmas Spirit took clasp of 1 fortunate lad earlier this month, and helium was anxious to dispersed his cheer.

Jacob Boller, a sixth-grader from Clear Lake, was getting location from schoolhouse connected a chilly December day, erstwhile helium spotted wealth from the country of his eye.

Melinda, Jacob's mother, heard her girl yelling "it's not fair!" from wrong their home. Jacob had recovered a $100 measure connected the ground.

At first, Melinda was surprised, she didn't judge it was real. Father Josh Boller joked astir the cash, "first happening I did was look successful my wallet to marque definite I hadn't mislaid immoderate of mine."

Naturally, they took it to the bank. Not to deposit, but to marque definite they weren't being tricked. But Halloween tricks are over, and the Christmas measure was real.

"We went to the constabulary to spot if it was anyone's (money,)" Jacob recounted their adjacent step. The constabulary told him cipher had called astir a missing bill, and aft asking around, Jacob pinned it connected the fridge and waited for idiosyncratic to call.

For 8 days, that measure was stuck connected the fridge. Nobody ever claimed it. After waiting the due time, Jacob's parents told him it was his money, and helium could walk it nevertheless helium wanted.

"His archetypal absorption wasn't to walk the wealth connected himself, it didn't adjacent transverse his mind," Jacob's begetter smiled. It was a arrogant infinitesimal for Jacob's parents erstwhile helium made his choice.

Jacob knew close distant helium wanted to spell artifact shopping, truthful helium could assistance different kids person a Christmas arsenic large arsenic his own.

With the giving tone of Christmas successful their hearts, the Boller household headed to Target. One 100 dollars successful hand, Jacob bought games and toys for kids who needed much Christmas cheer.

It was small sister Madilyn's proposition to donate the gifts to the Giving Tree. When they arrived, they saw the Giving Spirit had emptied the histrion and had already filled the skirt with gifts, truthful they went elsewhere, searching for different radical to donate to.

The Bollers decided to springiness their toys to Chad Harrison astatine CPA, wherever each Toys for Tots donation is matched with different toy, doubling the magnitude that Jacob had given.

"Chad has ever (matched donations)," said Tina Swart, bureau head astatine Chad Harrison CPA, "it's thing helium feels powerfully and is passionate astir that helium donates and gives gifts to kids for Christmas."

With the matched donations astatine CPA, what began arsenic a fortunate find for Jacob Boller turned into 14 Christmas presents for the community.

"I felt similar I already had a beauteous bully Christmas truthful far, truthful I anticipation that others could consciousness the aforesaid mode I do," Jacob said.

Gretchen Burnette is simply a Weeklies Editor and Daily Reporter astatine the Globe Gazette.  You tin scope her by telephone astatine 641.421.0523 oregon astatine Gretchen.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com