Mom Buys 1,500 Pairs of Payless Shoes for Kids in Need
What started as a joke turned into an idea for helping a whole lot of children.
“Carrie Jernigan of Alma, Arkansas, took her daughter to a Payless going-out-of-business sale to get her a new pair of shoes. She ended up leaving with every pair in the store.”
“At Payless, Jernigan’s daughter 4th-grade daughter, Harper, saw a pair she wanted to buy for her friend, whose shoes she had noticed were too small.”
“‘I looked at the clerk jokingly and just asked, How much for the rest of the shoes in here? Just joking,’ Jernigan said.”
Read more at NBC News.
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