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A Virginia woman won $150,000 during a Powerball drawing earlier this month.

She immediately decided to donate all her winnings.

Three different charities received gifts from the lottery winner.

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - One local woman is turning her luck into generosity and splitting her big check three ways, gifting thousands to three different charities.

What we know:

Carrie Edwards won $150,000 after buying a Powerball ticket online for the first time earlier this month.

However, instead of keeping the winnings for herself, the Midlothian woman decided to donate it all as gifts to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Shalom Farms and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

"These three organizations represent healing, service, and community," Edwards said.

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