A father reportedly made his final child support payment for his estranged daughter by dumping 80,000 pennies in her front yard. Avery Sanford, an 18-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, says she has not spoken to her dad in years - but was naturally upset by his actions. He carried out the stunt while she was at school, with only her mom present to witness it. It was, however, recorded on home security camera - the footage of which shows the unnamed father using a trailer attached to his SUV to dump the pennies on the road in front of his ex-partner and daughter's house. Check out what Avery had to say about the incident: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/QsRCRroH-Q0L14jDU.mp4||QsRCRroH]] "When I was in the middle of class, my dad came by," Avery told CBS affiliate <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mother-daughter-donate-thousands-of-dumped-pennies-to-domestic-abuse-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">WTVR</a>. "He had rented a trailer. He pulled up in front of the house and turned the trailer on so it dumped out all the pennies on the grass." "My mom came out while it was happening and didn't recognize him at first and she asked, 'What are you dumping on my lawn?'" she added. "And he said, 'It's your final child support payment,' and that's when she realized who it was." The teen went on to criticize her father's callous gesture, saying: "It's not just my mom he's trying to embarrass. It's also me and my sister and it's upsetting that he didn't consider that before he did this." Despite the hurt her dad's actions have caused, Avery decided to turn a bad situation into a good one by donating the 80,000 pennies to Safe Harbor, a local shelter for those who have been affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, or human trafficking. "Turning around and donating that money to moms and children in need, I feel like that really turns this situation into a positive one," she explained to <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mother-daughter-donate-thousands-of-dumped-pennies-to-domestic-abuse-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">WTVR,</a> "You can learn a lesson from it." Cathy Easter, executive director of Safe Harbor, told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/06/10/pennies-child-support-avery-sanford/">The Washington Post</a>: "They were able to turn such a negative experience, and what her daughter witnessed, into a positive. They found a way to turn this around and not feel devastated about it." Avery's father has since told <a class="external-link" title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mother-daughter-donate-thousands-of-dumped-pennies-to-domestic-abuse-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">WTVR</a> that his actions "were the result of 18 years of built-up frustration." <h6>Featured image credit: trekandshoot / Alamy</h6>

Father makes final child support payment by dumping 80,000 pennies on front yard, reports say

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