Like most of the world, residents of this small Iowa town are trying to stay positive during the coronavirus pandemic. When an anonymous donor gave each household $150 in gift cards for food, the community received something more valuable than money: hope.
So when an anonymous donor gave everyone in the town of Earlham $150 worth of gift cards for food, the community received something more valuable than money: hope.It started on March 26, when Earlham Mayor Jeff Lillie received a call from a friend who told him there was a donor interested in interjecting money into the town's economy.
I was just crying like a baby, and my little boy saw me and wrapped around my leg and said, 'Daddy what's wrong?' And eventually I was able to choke it out: 'Buddy, right now, for once, nothing's wrong.'"Giving local businesses a chance of survivalOne of the restaurants involved in the gift cards, Trostel's Broken Branch, was extremely new. So new that the eatery was set to officially open its doors just days before Gov.
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