Mary Hance, also known as Ms. Cheap, is a columnist for The Tennessean.
Just when I thought that this year s Ms. Cheap Penny Drive for Second Harvest would underperform because of the pandemic, a sort of Secret Santa stepped in with a surprise $300,000 donation to the food bank.
My friend Jimmy Kelly s Steakhouse owner Mike Kelly, a longtime supporter of Second Harvest, called me saying that he had good news for the penny drive.
He didn t tell me much more except that he was on the board of a foundation that would have a nice donation to my annual favorite cause.