BROOKLINE (CBS) — Dropping diamonds into Salvation Army donation kettles is starting to catch on in the Boston area.
Just weeks after an anonymous benefactor intentionally placed her wedding ring and a diamond engagement ring in a North Station red kettle, the Salvation Army has received more precious gemstones. An Australian donor, citing the ring gifts as inspiration, put a diamond-encrusted cross pendant into a red kettle outside a Stop & Shop in Brookline.
The Salvation Army believes the generous gift — valued at $1,500 — is from a woman who came to the United States from Australia with her young son. The diamond cross was found earlier this month in a white envelope by a Salvation Army volunteer sorting through donations.
“Since relocating, people have been so warm, friendly, kind and accommodating to us, and I have been trying to think of a way to give back to the people of Boston,” she wrote in a note accompanying the cross pendant.
The woman said she saw a story on the news about a woman donating rings to the Salvation Army to buy toys for children in need.
More.. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/22/inspired-by-ring-donation-woman-gives-diamond-cross-to-salvation-army-in-brookline/
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