Video: Secret Santa's around the country give $300,000 cash to the needy

Secret Santa’s in red hats are giving needy people several hundred dollars in cash in cities around the US, according to a CBS Sunday Morning report aired Sunday. The Secret Santa’s walk into a thrift store, or around a poor neighborhood and give out cash…sometimes $100, sometimes $400, sometimes $2,000 to a person who needs it.

The people giving the money are wealthy business people, mostly CEO’s and they want to be anonymous. The Secret Santa’s have joined together to give out cash to thousands of people nationwide who need it from cities around the US…including Charlotte, Saint Louis, Springfield, Kansas City, Detroit, Phoenix, and Ventura. The Secret Santa's in Kansas City have given out a reported $14,000 this holiday season.  The Secret Santa's said that they get as much out of giving as those who receive.  It is a heart warming story that can be seen in the CBS Sunday Morning video below.

Sources: CBS Sunday Morning and the Deseret News

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