19 Dec 2020
Walmart shoppers in Hazard, Kentucky, are feeling grateful that an anonymous donor gave them a huge surprise this week.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the store announced the benefactor paid off $21,000 worth of layaway bills for 96 families.
“We would like to send out our heartfelt thanks to the anonymous donor that reached out through the Pay away the layaway organization to pay out the remaining layaway balance in our store!” the post read:
We would like to send out our heartfelt thanks to the anonymous donor that reached out through the Pay away the layaway…
The generous gift came through the nonprofit group Pay Away the Layaway, whose mission is to “inspire hope and help families pay off layaway balances that include gifts for their children, such as games, toys, books, backpacks, clothes and coats.”
Dozens of families have their Walmart layaway items paid for
To make it a little less stressful, Cottonelle partnered with Pay Away the Layaway to give $21,000 to help pay off the Walmart layaway debt of more than 100 families.
and last updated 2020-12-21 07:44:43-05
MADISON, Tenn. (WTVF) â It s the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be the most stressful. I actually wasn t able to pay for my layaway, so I was trying to figure out how to leave my layaway here and how my daughter is going to have a Christmas, Amber Moore said.
To make it a little less stressful, Cottonelle partnered with Pay Away the Layaway to give $21,000 to help pay off the Walmart layaway debt of more than 100 families.
Juju Smith-Schuster is scoring touchdowns on and off the field. Offering a helping hand during the holiday season, the USC graduate paid off a $25,000 layaway fee for Compton residents at a local department store. To get the job done, he enlisted the help of his mother,
Sammy Toa-Schuster, the Pay Away The Layaway Foundation and the Juju Foundation. I ve been there, I know what it feels like. I know what it feels like to not make Christmas happen for your kids,
Sammy Toa-Schuster said. So, this hits home for me. That s why we started the JuJu Foundation, so we can give hope, we can give Christmas, we can give love to families who are in need.
COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) Christmas came early for some families in Compton thanks to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Smith-Schuster s foundation along with the nonprofit Pay Away the Layaway helped pick up the tab on layaway items at a Burlington Coat Factory store in Compton.
More than $12,000 worth of gifts and essentials at the store were all paid.
Smith-Schuster, a former USC Trojan, had his family help during the event. For Smith-Schuster s mom, being part of the event was both rewarding and emotional. I ve been there, I know what it feels like. I know what it feels like to not make Christmas happen for your kids, an emotional Sammy Schuster said. So, this hits home for me. That s why we started the JuJu Foundation, so we can give hope, we can give Christmas, we can give love to families who are in need.
Anonymous donor pays $21,000, the entire layaway balance at a Walmart
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Shopping carts sit in front of a Walmart store, Aug. 15, 2019, in Richmond, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images
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Shoppers at a Walmart in Hazard, Ky., definitely will not have a blue Christmas this year.
This is thanks to an anonymous donor who paid the total of all the layaways at the store on Wednesday, for a total of $21,000, according to WLWT-NBC5.
That amount covered the Christmas layaways for 96 different families, a spokesperson for the store said in a Facebook post. The donor achieved this by going through an organization appropriately named Pay Away the Layaway.