Well, this is interesting and cool. A woman named Courtney Martin started this secret society from part of a book advance she received as a writer. The idea is to take $100 and in any way desirable give it away.
Of the patrons who've helped her give $100 away they have done so by giving away free umbrellas on a rainy day, giving away $1 bills with the promise to give that $1 bill to someone else and buying drinks for strangers in a bar.
Interestingly, Americans are not use to being given anything and many of them thought that the $1 bill and umbrella giveaways were some sort of scam. It actually took both of these volunteers quite a bit of effort to give away these umbrellas and money because people wanted to know what the catch was.
Slowly, these $100 giveaway societies are popping up and spreading to cities like Maui, Houston, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Pretty darn cool!
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