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It happened on Day Three of their Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley, and the team stopped to pick up the loose cash in order to hand it over to police for safekeeping.
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The team had just wrapped up their fundraising ride in Chilliwack and were heading to Abbotsford, raising money for the the Canadian Cancer Society and pediatric cancer research. The members pulled over and ended up recovering 23 of the $100 bills and one $50 bill, for a total of $2,350 of the man含羞草研究社檚 missing $2,700 for his sheep.
The Cops for Cancer team contacted Chilliwack RCMP to let them know that they had found the cash and would be turning it in.
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The young man and his father had been at a nearby farm picking up a trailer, which they hooked up to their truck. The would-be sheep farmer had placed the envelope full of cash on the 含羞草研究社渢ongue含羞草研究社� part of the trailer, and then drove off.
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They returned to the scene, and spotted one measly $50 bill.
They then took to social media and called it into the RCMP on the off chance that a Good Samaritan had found the money.
The call came within the hour.
含羞草研究社漃eople often say that Chilliwack is a small town in a big city. It turned out that one of the riders knew the young man含羞草研究社檚 family and he was able to meet up with the team the following day to share his story and personally thank them.含羞草研究社�
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