A Virginia family says they were shocked when they found 80,000 pennies on their front lawn last month but the funds will be donated to a local domestic abuse center.
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18-year-old Avery Sanford said her father pulled up to her mother’s home in Richmond and dumped the thousands of pennies on the front lawn as a final child support payment. She added that her mother was stunned by her ex-husband’s stunt and how it deeply affected her and her sister since their father did it to embarrass their mother. The high school senior hasn’t spoken to her father in years and called the act “damaging.”
“It’s really hurtful and damaging to your kids when you do things like that. It doesn’t matter if they’re young or an adult, the actions of your parents will always have some effect on you,” she said. Although the incident happened last month, Sanford and her mother decided to donate the funds to Safe Harbor, a domestic abuse center.
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After speaking with WTVR, Sanford’s father claims he committed the act because he had 18 years of “built-up frustration” and his emotions took over. He didn’t want to strain the relationship between him and his daughter. As a result, Sanford’s mother reported the incident to Henrico Police but no further details were revealed.