Good intentions backfire sometimes at Pay it Forward Regina

It's good to give back, but it's not always easy, Regina's Amanda McCall has learned.

For more than a year, Amanda McCall has helped run a Facebook page called "Pay it Forward Regina." 

It's where people can donate or receive help or goods.

That includes things like offers of furniture, clothing, baby formula, or pet grooming.

"I have three young children of my own and I wanted to teach them that there's a lot of good in the world still," she said.

But McCall and her daughters have also learned an uglier lesson — that people who don't get what they want sometimes behave rudely.

She says she's received threats from people who don't wind up getting the help being offered.

"People are angry and people are greedy and it's not why we started "Pay it Forward," she said.

McCall hasn't taken any of the threats to police, saying she believes they are baseless.

And while she is now more pessimistic, she hasn't given up.

"It's for my kids. I believe there is a lot of good and I feel if we give up, what's left?" she said.

With the help of her daughters, McCall has already raised more than $500 to buy Christmas gifts for those in need.