Carrie Edwards, of Midlothian, Virginia, has donated her lottery earnings to charity after winning big, according to a release from the Powerball website .

Edwards won $150,000 after matching the first four numbers and Powerball number on her lottery ticket for the Sep. 8 draw. Normally, this would have earned her $50,000, but she spent an extra dollar on the Power Play, tripling the winnings.

She received her winnings on Tuesday and subsequently donated $50,000 dollars each to three charities of her choice, according to the release.

“God is blessing me, so I can bless others through Him,” she said. “After all, we are all just walking each other Home.”

The first third of the money was donated to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, an organization dedicated to promoting r

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