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Scott Reeder: Big donation comes at critical time By Scott Reeder At first, Olivia Hayse received an email from a stranger in Australia that claimed he wanted to donate more than $15,000 to her Springfield employer — but first he needed their bank account and check routing numbers. “We thought this is a scam for sure and just ignored it. More emails came. And they ignored them too. Hayse works for the James Project, a Springfield charity that helps foster children. And she couldn’t imagin...

Commentary: Scott Reeder - Taking Bibles teaching to heart Scott Reeder FacebookTwitterEmail “We thought this is a scam for sure and just ignored it.” More emails came. And they ignored them, too. Hayse works for the James Project, a Springfield charity that helps foster children. And she couldn’t imagine why a couple they didn’t know, in a country on the other side of the planet, would want to send them a big check. But the Aussies became more persistent and kept leaving messages on th...

A Springfield ministry helping foster kids thought someone from Australia was trying to scam them. Instead, they ended up with a donation of $15,800.

Persistent Aussie family donates $15,000 to local foster program before starting one of their own.