Tooth Fairy Leaves $500 Hurricane Donation For Girl's Tooth
POSTED: 12:34 pm CDT October 12, 2005 UPDATED: 12:43 pm CDT October 12, 2005
BRANDON, S.D. -- An 8-year-old South Dakota girl with a big heart and loose tooth found a creative way to help evacuees Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Briton Nordmeyer sent her tooth to the Red Cross chapter in Sioux Falls, hoping the tooth fairy would leave money there -- instead of under her pillow.
The tooth poked a hole through the envelope and fell out, but her letter made it.
And after word spread of her generosity, a $500 check came in from an anonymous donor.
Briton had told her mother she wanted to do something for the children who lost everything.
Katrina came ashore in late August, slamming New Orleans and nearby coastal areas. Rita made landfall Sept. 24 near Sabine Pass, Texas.