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By Jill Kelley, Staff Writer Updated 2:40 PM Saturday, November 13, 2010

It looks like generous, anonymous benefactors are not just visiting laundromats in the Dayton area.

After we ran a story this week about a mystery couple giving out Christmas cards containing $100 bills at a Wyoming Street laundromat on Sunday, we have heard from others who have had similar experiences.

Reportedly, the same thing happened at a laundromat in Huber Heights, and another one last year in Tipp City.

Then, on Tuesday, Robert Anderson of Dayton said that he was walking from the dollar store to the nearby Kroger on Smithville Road and was approached by a woman holding a card.

“She said, ‘Excuse me, sir. Here’s a token for Christmas. Merry Christmas!’ ” said Anderson, 73. He said he thanked her and put the envelope in his back pocket.

“I thought it was a coupon or advertisement,” he said, adding that he didn’t open it up until he was sitting at Kroger waiting for his medicine at the pharmacy.

“I opened it up and there was $100 in it! I was there with my niece and three or four other people in Kroger, and I told them all about it,” Anderson said.

Later, when he was driving out of the parking lot, he said he spotted the woman again, sitting in a silver Honda SUV with a gentleman.

“She waved at me, mouthed ‘Merry Christmas’ again and then blew me a kiss!” he said, noting that he said thank you and blew a kiss back.

He said the woman was dressed in jeans and a jacket, had blond hair and looked to be about 40 years old.

Earlier, after she had given him his card, Anderson said he saw the blond woman trying to catch up to another person while holding a card.

“She said, ‘Hey, Ma’am,’ a couple times, but the woman didn’t slow down,” he said. “She missed out!”

This phenomenon isn’t just limited to the Dayton area, either.

On Tuesday, an anonymous man dressed in a Santa suit reportedly handed out 100 envelopes containing $100 each to shoppers at a Goodwill store in Portland, Maine.

That giveaway reportedly was similar to the work of Larry Stewart, of Kansas City, Mo. Stewart used to hand out $100 bills during the holidays, but remained anonymous until shortly before his death in 2007.

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