India, Sept. 19 -- A Virginia grandmother turned her Powerball win into a gift for others. According to Local12, Carrie Edwards won $150,000 in the Virginia Lottery's September 8 draw and gave every dollar away. She split the prize between three organizations tied to her family, her community, and her past.

Edwards said she first learned of the win while sitting in a meeting. "I look at my phone, it says, 'Please collect your lottery winnings.' So I go home and log into my account, and it says you won the Monday, September 8 draw for $50,000 and you had the 3x multiplier, and so you won $150,000," she recalled.

The first share went to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. Edwards lost her husband to the illness last year. The...