Postal worker Joseph Waldherr, who delivers the mail in Tacoma, Washington, went to work recently and could hear some tiny, muffled cries for help. He knew it had to be a kitten, but couldn’t find the source of the meows. So the next day, he heard those tiny meows again, and after some searching he found a tiny kitten stuck in a tight place. Waldherr gave the black-and-white kitten a cozy spot to rest in his sweatshirt pocket, and went about finishing his work day.
On his way home from work, he decided to swing into a convenience store and buy a Washington Lottery Hit 5 lotto ticket. A few days later, he and his wife checked the ticket and were stunned to find out they had won almost $750,000.
Naturally, Waldherr credited his cash winning to the good deed of rescuing the kitten, which he and his wife decided to keep and have named "Peaches."
After collecting his winnings, Waldherr took his family out to celebrate. He plans to save a portion of his new-found wealth and use the rest to help his parents in their retirement and contribute to charities.
“My wife and I have everything we need,” he says, “We just want to help others.”
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