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WHEN CAROL Clarke started taking 2-mile walks for exercise near her Glendale home 10 years ago, she found there was an unexpected side benefit.
There was money to be made - if she kept her eyes peeled.
After years of casually picking up loose change, Clarke, 59, and her exercise partner, Magdalene Sweeney, 101, realized their found loot could be the seed for a lucrative charity.
Over the years, the fund has established rules that, if broken, can lead to probation or expulsion from the club.
"The rules evolved because of peoples' complaints," Clarke said.
The most controversy has been over which member receives credit for a find. The rules clearly state that kicking, punching, biting, shoving or cursing are allowed - only if the person being fought for the money is not a fellow member. One rule states that the person who bends over to pick up the money gets the credit, rather than the one who spots the dough.
"One member stuck her hand in a public toilet bowl for three quarters," Clarke said. "That was above and beyond the call of duty."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...-10_finders_not_keepers_in_turkey_fund-2.html
There was money to be made - if she kept her eyes peeled.
After years of casually picking up loose change, Clarke, 59, and her exercise partner, Magdalene Sweeney, 101, realized their found loot could be the seed for a lucrative charity.
Over the years, the fund has established rules that, if broken, can lead to probation or expulsion from the club.
"The rules evolved because of peoples' complaints," Clarke said.
The most controversy has been over which member receives credit for a find. The rules clearly state that kicking, punching, biting, shoving or cursing are allowed - only if the person being fought for the money is not a fellow member. One rule states that the person who bends over to pick up the money gets the credit, rather than the one who spots the dough.
"One member stuck her hand in a public toilet bowl for three quarters," Clarke said. "That was above and beyond the call of duty."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...-10_finders_not_keepers_in_turkey_fund-2.html
