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Secret Santa Strikes Again in Roseville
Salvation Army reports $1,000 donation made at Red Kettle at the Roseville Byerly's.
A Secret Santa is at it again!
The Salvation Army said that an anonymous donor plunked $1,000 cash Monday in its Red Kettle stand at the Roseville Byerly's supermarket, according to a Pioneer Press news report Tuesday.
"Affectionately nicknamed "Saint Grand" by the organization, the anonymous donor left 10 $100 bills in a tightly wadded bundle," the newspaper reported. "The donation is believed to be the third left by Saint Grand this year. The first was discovered on Nov. 17."
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Last year, Roseville was among places in the metro area and the state that had a string of anonymous holiday season donations of $1,000 in red kettles, Patch reported. Seven donations of $1,000 were left in red kettles at Rosedale Center on Nov. 21, 2011. Another donation showed up in a red kettle at the Har-Mar Mall Cub Foods in Roseville on Nov. 29, 2012.
"We call the person 'Saint Grand' because we don't know if it's a him or her," according to Annette Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army. "It's very saintly of them to keep donating anonymously."
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