SANDPOINT — In today’s quickly moving world, it would have been easy to overlook the story of Hunter Shamatt and his lost wallet.

Shamatt, 20, had been on his way to his sister’s wedding in Las Vegas in early November when his wallet was lost. Fast forward a bit and a good Samaritan was headed from Omaha to Denver when he found the wallet — containing Shamatt’s ID, $60 in cash, a debit card and a signed paycheck.

“Found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Denver-row 12, seat F wedged between the seat and wall. Thought you might want it back. All the best. PS: I rounded your cash up to an even $100 so you could celebrate getting your wallet back. Have fun!!!” the mystery sender wrote.

It was signed TB and had an Omaha address. So Shamatt’s mother, Jeannie Shamatt, took to Facebook to post a picture of the package containing a nice note, according to a story on CW39’s website.

Thanks to an interview with an Omaha TV station, the family was able to meet Todd Brown and his wife and thank them for returning the wallet and let them know how much it had meant to them.

“I personally want to thank Todd Brown and his wife for restoring faith that there are amazing people out there, the world is not as grim as it’s being made out to be,” the station reports Jeannie Shamatt as writing in a follow-up Facebook post.

The story reports that Brown thought about giving the wallet to the flight crew, but wanted to make sure he got it back. So when they landed in Denver, they did some digging.

“I saw he was just a kid, 20 years old, he had a paycheck in there, so I figured, ‘Well, he’s doing his best to make ends meet,’ but I was 20 once, and that’s a lot of money for a kid,” Brown told Yahoo.

“I imagined what it would be like to get your wallet back, so I added a little bit so he could celebrate.”

Today, we all have the chance to be like Todd Brown, to help someone celebrate, by donating to the Sandpoint Lions Club’s Toys For Tots annual drive to make Christmas merry for all local youngsters.

Today’s generous donations totaling $756 (and an unknown amount in the form of many toys) were received from Robert and Marsha Popielarczyk, $100; UPS truck workers donated many toys as well as a cash donation of $286 from their Dec. 1 ‘Fill the UPS truck’ event; Paula and Ryan McGinty, $50; Joyce Raffato, $20; Barbara A Botsch, $150; Ella Smith Vizena, $100; and Paula DeMers, $50. The day’s donations bring the total for Toys for Tots to $6,015.89.

The goal for this year’s Toys for Tots campaign is $50,000 — the same as it has been in past years. The Lions make the most of the money by shopping bargains, and with the assistance of generous local businesses. The Toys for Tots program provides free new toys for children living in the Lake Pend Oreille School District, from Sandpoint to Clark Fork and all points in-between. A Christmas dinner for the family is also provided.

If you know someone, or need help yourself, the Lions are taking applications for the 2018 Toys for Tots program. Members are at the Lions Den, 607 S. Ella Street in Sandpoint, on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, until Monday, Dec. 17 Applications are also available at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare office, 207 Larkspur St., Ponderay.

Donations for Toys for Tots can be dropped off at the front desk at the Bonner County Daily Bee, 310 Church St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can also drop off donations at Columbia Bank’s main branch in Sandpoint, 414 Church St., or at the Ponderay branch, 300 Bonner Mall Way.

Donations may be mailed to the Sandpoint Lions Club, Box 414, Sandpoint, ID 83864.

Donations made by check are preferred. Be sure to include a note with your check indicating that it is a Toys for Tots donation. If you wish to make an anonymous donation, please include a note.

If the donation is being made in someone’s name, be sure to also include a note.

Information: Sandpoint Lions Club, 208-263-4118

Caroline Lobsinger can be reached by email at clobsinger@bonnercountydailybee.com and follow her on Twitter @CarolDailyBee.