Woman Finds A Hole In A Book That Happened To Be Hiding Something Unexpected

woman finds a hole in a book that happened to be hiding something unexpected [Music] but before we start please make sure to subscribe to m r tv and hit the bell so you never miss any upload from us also leave a like right now kathy mcallister after retirement had devoted her time to a non-profit organization she loved reading books and the organization used to organize an event in which the books were sold at an affordable price to customers and the money accrued was used for charity purposes kathy had been given the responsibility of most of the tasks of the show it was while sorting the books that she comes across a worn out book she opens it up to check it thoroughly it was then she finds a hollow carved inside the book with a knife the purpose behind this act would put you in disbelief there are many organizations all around the world that accept book donations along with clothes and volunteer non-profit service association inc happens to be one of them the organization that is based in phoenix arizona has hundreds of its volunteers looking after donations and receiving over six hundred thousand books in donations some people call vnsa the largest charity used book sale in the southwest after the organization is done giving many books the institution forms a group of 130 plus volunteers who sort through the books and put a price on them thereafter they get them ready for the big event that happens every february kathy mcallister is a former school teacher who helps in getting the books ready for february sale kathy is very fond of books she had freshly retired as a school teacher and was actively participating in the events organized by volunteer non-profit service association inc her favorite in all is the event concerned with the books she participates in that on a regular basis the facebook page of used book sales reads vnsa is unique among valley charities in that it is an all-volunteer organization with no paid employees the 100 plus members of vnsa work year-round collecting donated books sorting pricing and boxing the books and preparing all the details for the annual book sale so what kind of books do they look for mcallister explains we always look for a book that we can sell and so we don't keep everything sometimes we get multiple copies of a book sometimes it's a book that doesn't sell kathy shoulders many of the responsibilities of the event among many of her responsibilities one is the coordination of the volunteers she had to make sure that volunteers are doing their work efficiently the event is done with the aim of providing buyers with books on affordable price and sending the raised money to local charities for example arizona friends of foster children foundation and literacy volunteers of maricopa county kathy loved it and this time too she could not help but volunteer once again the woman does not get a single minute for herself when the arrangement for the shows begin she even stops going to her house and spends her days in the warehouse only she has a deep affection for the show and does everything in her power to make it a big success like usual she was sifting through the pile of books when her hands got a grip of a book entitled the decline and fall of the roman empire by edward gibbon not to mention it was a worn out version of the book except for the faded color of the cover the book was in a readable state apart from this one kathy had gotten her hands on three of these books but all of them were in better condition as compared to this one clearly the book was about to be subjected to repurpose she included it in the repurposing pile she herself was a big bookworm and so knew the importance of a good book but before putting it in the collection she decided to inspect it to confirm that the book was fine she opened the book not expecting to see what was kept inside between the pages kathy had not imagined that the book she was holding was not merely a book but also the guard of a secret as soon as she opened the cover she realized that there was a hollowed out part of the book that appears to be concealing something apparently someone had made the hole with the help of a knife the hole was carved out on a specific space the hole was carved to store something inside it mcallister remembered i was totally stunned truly i was unable to find words there were people in the category next to mine talking i just opened the book and interrupted the conversation until i was able to say look what i found she added kathy had no idea that the book she had in her hands was nothing ordinary she explained to bookster i had the book in my hands she was all set to hurl the book inside the repulping pile however she could not she said i thought well it's not in too bad shape i'll just check it sometimes our books are smoky and so i fan them out to see if they smell in which case i would discard them but was she wasting her time she'll soon find out she explained i was ready to toss it because we had several copies already but when i fan that book out there's a big hole carved in the book amongst the pages and soon she figured that the thing hidden inside the hole resembled a lot like bills money inside a hole well it is highly unlikely so she took it as monopoly money perhaps a child had kept them inside the book most probably this was some kind of trick the kids were playing she pulled the money out only to get the biggest surprise of her life it wasn't monopoly money it was a hoard of real money kathy actually had hundred dollar bills in her hand it all seemed like a dream to her someone had hidden real money inside the book and then abandoned it what was the purpose kathy looked inside and found four packages for some strange reason the packages were banded in the same fashion as banks do when one withdraws the money this was not the only surprising part each of the four packages had 10 100 bills someone had actually hidden four thousand dollars inside the book titled the decline and fall of the roman empire but why a book and who had done it the discovery had given birth to a number of questions each of the four packages had bills of 100 it took her a while to come out of her surprise state and when her senses returned to her she wondered if the true owner wanted the money back kathy further explained wow this is enough money to fund a supplemental charity however she soon did away with that notion she had no intention of keeping the money to herself as it was against her principles her values were formidable she continued my values were grounded in our faith but how is she going to find the owner well as they say where there is a will there is always a way not for once did she think of keeping the money to herself she said the church taught us what is right and wrong it just becomes who you are after a while kathy had to find the owner there was no way she was going to keep the money who knows if the owner is still looking for the money it must have been so painful for him or her to lose such a tremendous amount of cash the woman had her stars on her side maybe that's why she managed to find the owner of the money so easily she did not even have to make any efforts while sifting through the book she came across a letter sent to a spouse and children of the owner and with that the letter also had the name of its previous owner on it mcallister said when i looked inside the jacket of the book the owner of the book i hoped had put a little address label and he had a rather unusual last name i started working on the internet and within 10 minutes i'd found the family the letter was about this stashed bunch of money only the letter was more of an instruction the owner of the money had instructed his wife and children to distribute the money among them moreover the former owner had a quite different last name so finding the owner would not be a very difficult task like every other person she took to social media to look for the person fortunately she managed to track down the person the owner was an old man luckily for her and the family the owner and his family were living close by he said many times we assume that these are books from an estate that the owner has probably died and his family has disposed of the book well that certainly wasn't the case in this instance she contacted the owner by messaging him she narrated the entire incident how she found the money inside the book and the letter that helped her know about the owner after that she waited for the person to reply the woman wondered how was he going to react towards her revelation surprisingly the man had no idea about this money he had forgotten it a long time ago however this is unconvincing that a person forgets such a tremendous amount as the owner had grown quite old he was incapable of meeting kathy on his own so his son-in-law decided to meet the woman and made all the necessary arrangements to collect the money from the woman kathy reminisced it was a little bit surprising because this gentleman came down with his adult daughter and she said now you can slap him and i said no that's your job the family was unique in itself the discovery was as much surprising for the family as it was to kathy they had never been informed about the book and the money hidden inside it initially they felt as if someone was pulling a prank on them but when they saw the letter they knew it was their father mcallister further stated that after getting the news the daughter of the owner asked the old man if he had stashed money in another book mcallister believes that the family would have gone through each and every book kept in the house to check if any of them had stashed money mcallister said i think the donor's children were a bit stunned and they asked him did you do this in another book i actually invited them to come down to our pre-sale before the public sees the books in case they wanted to identify any other books that he might have done anything in kathy would have invited the family over her place but she herself was staying outside at the warehouse because of the approaching event the woman was feeling good and contented after contacting the concerned family the family too could not thank her enough for her act of kindness very few people go the extra mile to help others and the family showed their gratitude in the most amazing way they donated a major part of the found money to the volunteer non-profit service association in no time this heart-touching story became viral kathy and her amazing story soon hit the headlines she was all over the news channels and papers the woman who had spent the majority of her life in quietness was now flooded with fame and admiration whereas some posts were all about appreciation and admiration there were some that wanted to know more about her one of them asked her why she did not keep the money to herself to which kathy replied i don't know how you would sleep at night the annual sale of vnsa books started on february 9th 2019. volunteers were eager to find out the response of the customer once they would get to know about kathy's story most probably they would start searching for stashed money inside every book however nothing happened as they had expected though each and every individual out there was overwhelmed by the altruistic act of the woman none of them bothered to check books for stashed cash kathy explained i don't think that anybody else will find four thousand dollars in a book but books are a great gift with or without four thousand dollars as far as the sale is concerned it turned out to be a huge success over thirteen thousand people gathered to become part of the event in february two thousand nineteen it was because of these fantastic numbers they managed to collect four hundred thousand dollars and as planned the whole of the money was given away to charity adrian mori expressed her feelings thanks to this sale i got one hundred dollars plus worth of kids books to stock my waiting room at my vision center a wonderfully diverse group of books that will hopefully get kids and adults interacting while they wait for an eye exam i love love love this sale every year this amazing volunteer non-profit service association came into existence about 63 years ago the organization aims to raise enough funds to make donations to community programs this mind-blowing initiative was taken by vnsa in 1949 since then the show has gathered many loyal customers who show up every year to buy books the organization said the dollars donated to community programs are increased significantly over the years since the first vnsa used book sale in 1957 vnsa has returned more than five million three hundred thousand dollars to local non-profit human service agencies in our community these sales have not gone in vain since 1987 the charity made by the organization has helped big time to some local charities volunteers of maricopa county and arizona friends of foster children foundation what appeared to be a book worth throwing in the trash turned out to be a carrier of a secret that would have gone unnoticed had kathy not care to open the book have you ever come across an incident as bizarre as this one