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Father dumps 80,000 pennies as last child support payment to mother and daughter

Father dumps 80,000 pennies as last child support payment to mother and daughter

A father allegedly dumped tens of thousands of pennies on the front lawn of his ex as the final child support payment. However, the mother and daughter turned the distasteful gesture into a good deed – by donating the funds to a domestic abuse center.
High school senior Avery Sanford said she had ‘just turned 18’ when her father came through with the unexpected surprise.

‘When I was in the middle of class, my dad came by. He had rented a trailer,’ Sanford told WTVR on Wednesday. ‘He pulled up in front of our house, turned the trailer on so it dumped out all the pennies in the street in front of our house, and my mom walked outside while it was happening.’

Sanford said her mother did not recognize him at first and asked, ‘What are you dumping on my lawn?’

‘And he said, “It’s your final child support payment,”‘ Sanford continued. ‘And that’s when she realized who it was.’

Sanford’s mother picked up the coins outside their home in Richmond, Virginia, with a snow shovel.

Her unnamed father admitted to dumping the pennies and that it represented 18 years of frustration. He told WTVR that his emotions got to him and that he did not intend to worsen his relationship with his daughter.

However, Sanford, who has not spoken with her father in years, said he made matters worse.

‘It’s not just my mom he’s trying to embarrass,’ she said. ‘It’s also me and my sister and it’s upsetting that he didn’t consider that before he did that.’

Sanford and her mother have donated the money to Safe Harbor Shelter, a domestic abuse center near them.

The organization’s executive director Cathy Easter told the Washington Post that ‘they were able to turn such a negative experience, and what her daughter witnessed, into a positive’.

‘They found a way to turn this around and not feel devastated about it,’ Easter said.

The gift of money wound up spurring $5,000 more in donations to the center as Sanford’s story made the news.

Sanford’s mother did not call cops about the coin dumping.

‘Henrico police documented the incident,’ Lt Matt Pecka told the newspaper. ‘However, no charges were filed.’
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