Talk about good karma . Well-wishers from around the world are opening their wallets to a homeless man who returned a diamond engagement ring to its rightful owner , after she accidentally dropped it in his donation cup . `` I actually feel like I 'm especially lucky to have this ring now . I loved it before . I loved it so much , but I love it so much more now . I feel like it has such great karma , '' Sarah Darling told CNN 's `` Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien . '' Darling , who is from Kansas City , Missouri , said she was devastated when she realized she 'd lost her ring . She almost never takes it off , but it was giving her a bit of a rash so she did , zipping it in her coin purse for safe keeping . Later , she absentmindedly emptied the contents of that purse into the collection cup of Billy Ray Harris , who is homeless and often stays under a bridge in Darling 's hometown . It was n't until the next day that she realized her ring was gone . `` It was horrible . It was such a feeling of loss , '' Darling said . `` It meant so much to me beyond just the financial value . '' She went back to look for Harris , but he was gone . She returned the next day and found him . `` I asked him ... ' I do n't know if you remember me , but I think I gave you something that 's very precious to me , ' and he says , 'Was it a ring ? Yeah , I have it , I kept it for you , ' '' Darling said . She was floored . To show their appreciation , Darling and her husband set up an online fundraiser for Harris . The donations and praise have poured in . `` In life what goes around comes around ... Billy - your sweet actions , despite being in dire straits yourself , prove that there is humility in the world ... you are one shining example . Lots of love from across the pond , '' wrote Chris and Mel , from Brentwood , England , on the giveforward.com site , which is collecting money . They gave $ 20 . `` I am from Singapore and I greatly am grateful for your honesty ! '' wrote Ophelia Wong Zen-na , who gave $ 10 . Brian Paul also gave $ 10 . `` If I was n't jobless I would give much more , but felt compelled to do something . Billy Ray do your best to become what you 've always dreamed you could be . Its never too late . God Bless and thanks for never loosing your character in tough times , '' he wrote . So far , in about a week , more than 3,400 donations have been made , totaling nearly $ 95,000 . The money will be given to Harris at the end of a 90-day campaign . In an update Saturday , Darling 's husband , Bill Krejci , called the response `` unreal . '' Krejci met with Harris to tell him about the flood of donations and to get to know him better . They went together to make some repairs to Harris ' bike . `` We talked about a lot of things related to my family 's ring and the many donations . We talked about one day in the future the ring may one day be passed down to my daughter , '' Krejci wrote on the website . `` We talked about how insanely positive all this has been . '' Harris told Krejci that he has found a place to stay where he is `` safe and sound . '' CNN affiliate KCTV caught up with Harris and asked him how he felt about all the attention he 's attracted since returning the ring . `` I like it , but I do n't think I deserve it , '' he said . `` What I actually feel like is , 'what has the world come to when a person who returns something that does n't belong to him and all this happens ? ' '' Harris said . But for her part , Darling said she is just grateful for what he did . Many others , she said , would have kept the ring , or sold it . `` I really just hope that my kind of flightiness in that moment leads to something really good for him , '' she said .
Billy Ray Harris returns the ring after Sarah Darling accidentally drops it in his cup . Darling and her husband set up a fundraiser to show their appreciation . Husband said the experience has been `` unreal '' The site has raised close to $ 94,000 so far .