MCCONNELL SAID IN A STATEMENT VANDALISM AND FEAR HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY. >>> A LOCAL GRANDMOTHER RECEIVED HER $600 STIMULUS CHECK AND DECIDED SOMEONE ELSE NEEDED IT MORE THAN SHE DID. SO, SHE DONATED THE MONEY TO THE FOOD PANTRY AT THE YMCA. >> Reporter: JUDY PETERSON SAID HER STIMULUS CHECK CAME IN AND SHE SENT IT OUT. >> I AM ON A FIXED INCOME. I DON'T NEED THAT MONEY. I THOUGHT IF I DON'T NEED IT, I GOT TO DONATE IT. >> Reporter: SHE DECIDED TO DOE NIT THE $600 TO THE ARMED SERVICES YMCA AT FORT BRAGG AFTER SEEING GILBERT BAEZ'S STORY LAST MONTH ABOUT THE NEED THERE. JUDY PETERSON SAYS THAT WOMAN, RACHEL, TOUCHED HER HEART. HEARING ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THE PREGNANT MILITARY SPOUSE FACED TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. >> TWO OF MY BOYS AND TWO OF MY GRANDSONS HAVE GONE THROUGH. OR ONE IS IN THE MILITARY NOW. I KNOW THEY DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. >> I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST STIMULUS CHECK NOTIFICATION. >> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THE DONATION MEANS A LOT. >> MILITARY SPOUSES PREPANDEMIC WERE ALREADY AT 25% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. THAT IS SIX TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THE CIVILIAN WORLD. SINCE THE PANDEMIC, OUR BEST GUESS IS CLOSE TO 40%. >> Reporter: PETERSON HOPES OTHERS IN SECURITY FINANCIAL POSITIONS WILL CONSIDER DONATING THEIR CHECKS AS WELL. >> IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, YOU SHOULD DONATE IT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES THAT NEED IT RIGHT NOW. I JUST HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WILL DO THE SAME THING. IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, GOD HAS BLESSED ME. SO I HOPE SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO THE SAME. >> Reporter: SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL. >> I THINK PETERSON IS PART OF A BIGGER MOVEMENT. NOW SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE YET TO SET UP OR HAVE SET UP WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE THEIR STIMULUS CHECKS IF THEY WANT TO. WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO JUST THAT WITH THIS STORY