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Anonymous donor gives $150 in gift cards to every single household in a small Iowa town

On March 26, Earlham Mayor Jeff Lillie received a call bearing unexpected good news. A friend told him there was a donor interested in donating $150 worth of gift cards for food to the small town’s residents. Earlham, Iowa, has a population of 1,450 and is 30 miles west of Des Moines. The anonymous donor

Have you attended the Iowa state fair? Winning a contest is not always about getting the top prize – sometimes, it’s about capturing people’s hearts. This is exactly what happened when Mitchell Miner – a 15-year old teenager from Iowa state – and his cow from a Blairstown dairy farm named Audri, joined the Iowa