Every day we are blessed to be in this wonderful Whitsunday community and Sofia Andreou experienced that first hand.
Last week, she posted on a popular Facebook community chat site offering to give $50 for free to go to a good home.
It all began when she was cleaning her rental property and found a $50 note hidden behind a book, deciding not to keep it but give it away instead.
“So I thought, I'm going to actually advertise this because it's $50 I didn't even notice that I had and it's very easy to forget when we are prospering, that $50 is really everything to somebody,” she said.
“I thought I might do an experiment and just see if anybody would realise that it was genuine and take me up on it.”
Sofia found the response on the Facebook group overwhelming and beautiful in many ways.
“It opened my eyes to how many people are suffering,” said Sofia.
“Secondly, it made me so grateful for our Whitsunday community, because there was such a large response of other generous people wanting to help as well.
“For example, there were a few people saying in the comments, I need this, or I need this, or I'm struggling with this, or I'm struggling with that. And so many people in the community put their hands up and said, well, I can also help, and I can also help.
“That really brought me to tears.”
Sofia initially advertised the $50 she found and then ended up giving $50 six times over, out of her pocket, because she realised how many people needed it.
She also estimated that her initial post turned into the community giving $3000 worth of donations.
The $50 Sofia found during her clean, Photo supplied
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