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Aug 4, 2006

"Honesty isn’t a policy at all; it’s a state of mind or it isn’t honesty." --Eugene L’Hote

Homeless Man Rewarded By Honesty

Charles Moore stumbled across $21,000 worth of savings bonds while rummaging through a trash can for reusable bottles. The 59-year-old homeless man off the streets of Detroit turned the bonds in at a homeless shelter that then tracked down their rightful owner. Moore was given $100 by the owner for his honesty. But citizens from around the country moved by his integrity have stepped forward to hand out their own rewards, ranging from cash to new clothes and job leads!