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.