Eagle-AT URGING FROM OPRAH, PARTICIPANT PAID IT FORWARD

Eagle: "But Neidinger, 34, had never given away money until she received a $1,000 gift card on The Oprah Winfrey Show as part of the Pay It Forward Challenge.

“I think when you do an act of charity you should be humble about it,” Neidinger said. “[But] if someone else gets inspired by it ... [talking about it is] worth it.”

The 300 audience members at an Oct. 26 taping of Winfrey’s show had to write letters to win their seats. They had to be willing to go back on the show two more times, be willing to do acts of kindness and explain why they should be chosen to participate in the challenge."

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