Why? Just take it to the bank and give them the envelope(s). That's not a large amount of money to a bank. They drop it in a counting machine, and it blitzes th

Why? Just take it to the bank and give them the envelope(s). That's not a large amount of money to a bank. They drop it in a counting machine, and it blitzes through that amount in a few seconds. It's probably a good idea to have some reasonable amount of cash on hand for times when electronic payments aren't available for whatever reason (natural disasters, for example).