I just opened the envelope to see how much it is. It's only $6.00...but still. I know I would appreciate someone giving me something they found of mine. Especially if it's a working teen...which is my guess at this point.

Is there a local phone listing for someone of that name? Or just the family name, if it was a teenager who wasn't the phone customer?

Is there a condo association. Some of them have fb pages or calling circles. If after trying and you do not feel that you should keep the money donate it to some charity.

Since there is a name on the envelope you might try doing a search on fb using that name if it is not a common one.

Wait a few days - maybe a "Lost" sign will be posted.

It's nice that you want to do the right thing but I would be uncomfortable giving out my cell.

Sorry but from a saftey point of view, I would just donate it. If it were a very large sum I might think differently,

Oh wait. It's only $6? Just keep it. If a sign shows up later, give it back. Otherwise.. it's just six dollars.

Is there a Next Door group in your area? I would post the notice that Hot Rod suggested there. You don't have to give your number in the notice; people can message you privately through next door.

Donate to the church on Sunday, the local food bank, ASPCA, etc. Plenty of organizations that would accept $6.

Edited: Donate in the name of "Mary".

Use Nextdoor! Excellent resource. I utilize it frequently for various reasons. Lots of lost and found including pets. It is free to sign up for your area.

The usefulness of Next Door must vary from place to place. I've signed up and even tried getting information/advice, two times each, on Next Door for the two different locations we have homes. They're not nearby communities and are hundreds of miles apart. The questions were easy and ones for which there should have been easy answers within each group of local residents. Nada.

Further monitoring over time suggests (at least for these two neighborhoods) that few questions receive responsive answers. Many get answers, few give the askers what they're looking for. I've stopped checking both.

"Donate in the name of "Mary". "

Is this a serious comment? Why would someone want to do that? For $6, "anonymous" should be fine.

I signed up for something similar to Next Door and dropped it. Bunch of busybodies who mostly posted wanting to know why police, ambulances, fire etc. sirens were going off. One person just did not seem to understand that having a fire station down the block might have something to do with it. Some even went so far as to suggest, hopefully tongue in cheek, that they be asked not to turn on the sirens until out of the neighborhood. Little real knowledge of what was in their neighborhood. I joined to find out about companies that provided certain services that were local rather from the other side of the metro.

"Bunch of busybodies......"

I didn't want to say that but you said it for me. Your description fits my experience too. As if no one with useful information ever participated and those who did had little of value to contribute.

I would turn it over to the police and then post a note in the area that says, if you lost an envelope, the police have it. That way only the person who dropped it will know what's inside. And only an honest person would be willing to go to the police to collect it.

I found a purse in a parking lot one day and took it to the police. I suspect she put it on the roof of her car, forgot it was there and took off. They wanted my name, but I refused to give it. I said I didn't want anything to do with the person who lost it. I didn't look inside it and didn't want to be accused of taking money that wasn't there or finding it contained an illegal substance or anything else.

Emergency vehicles sometimes have options on when to turn on sirens. The emergency service may be willing to hold off on the sirens in the immediate neighborhood. Or at certain times. If it bothered me, I would inquire.

I guess I am a busybody. I like to know what is going on in my neighborhood.

I'm on 2 different Nextdoor groups in 2 different states. (We own 2 homes.) There is huge variation between the two. Like a lot of things in life, they end up taking on the "flavor" of the people or groups who post the most.

You can think of it as similar to Facebook or maybe even here, between the forums. Building a Home has its regulars, and it's a different vibe from here.

I like one Nextdoor group WAY more than the other one. One is indeed over-run with people who seem to live their life on the verge of hysteria over what I think is pretty mundane stuff. But even then it's occasionally useful so....

Does the condo complex have an office or newsletter ? It may even belong to a kid as payment for walking a dog. I wouldn't be too quick to donate it . Put on your detective hat! :)

Hot Rod’s suggestion is best.

My NextDoor group isn’t that great, but our local, private Facebook groups are. Money, credit cards, various ids, blankies, lovies, car keys, scrunchies, all find their way home via our FB groups.

Sorry if I offended with my busybodies but wanting to know why every time the what and why a vehicle has a siren blaring on one of two major interstates that lead to most of the hospitals in the area is not something to be concerned about. If you live on the same block as a fire station that was there before you moved in you are simply being silly among other things. What I did not understand was the panic as the sirens had nothing to do with them. They could buy a police scanner if they were really concerned.

$6 to one person isn't the same as $6 to another person. I disagree with "keep it ... it's only $6". Maybe it was a child. Maybe someone of few means. I don't consider this a case of finders keepers, losers weepers.

Our local Next Door is fine - no issues at all. In fact, it's not used all that much given the local Facebook groups. I'd post it to a local Facebook group. You don't have to say the amount.

The value isn't the point. You don't know what it represents to either the party who put the money in the envelope or the person for whom it was intended. You don't know which party lost it. You might ask the police how to deal with this. (Is there a place to post a "Found" notice -- local paper, bulletin board, internet group?)

I keep coming back here. While I agree that $6.00 can be more important to one than the other, does anyone honestly think that the person who lost this money will go to the police asking if they found it? I don't think so.

For this minimal amount, it would not be worth it to me to take the chance at having oddballs contact me by advertising it in Next Door. or FB.

It could be not something that had been received, but something that was owed.

It's very nice of you to want to return the cash to the person who lost it, but for the small amount involved, I wouldn't spend too much time on this.

If it were me, I'd post a note near the mailboxes or other common areas in the complex that said something like "found - envelope containing cash. Identify name on envelope and amount of cash", add your phone number (or email if you don't want to give out your number) and call it done. If you haven't heard from anyone in two weeks, keep the money or donate it to charity if the idea of keeping it bothers you.

I don’t know how large your area is but you said it had a name on it...just first or full name? I would try to find the owner if possible .

We have a great NextDoor community for the most part, but I feel like people are WAY too trusting of people found there. I see people advertising for a babysitter for their kids or house sitters giving the dates they'll be gone, etc....um, NO! There are better ways to find folks for those things. I hired a young man to do some work for me in the yard, but he posted his full name and I was able to check him out on FB. Saw that he was friends with some people I know, so I felt okay about him. And he was great! I would never sell something on Next Door and let people come to my house to look at it or purchase it, though. I think thieves are savvy to using it to scope out targets.

We do have a few trolls, but a good thing about Next Door is that you can "mute" specific people (or conversations) and never see what they write. There are some good filters you can employ on Next Door.