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Offline Right_in_Virginia

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Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« on: July 29, 2019, 12:40:02 pm »
Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
Fox News, Jul 28, 2019, Talia Kaplan

An Arkansas mother bought all of the shoes from a closing Payless ShoeSource store to give to children in need before the school year begins.

Carrie Jernigan, a mother of three, told Fox News she bought nearly 1,500 pairs of shoes. She did not disclose how much she paid but told Fox News her receipts indicated she saved about $21,000, although she paid just a fraction of that number.

"I'm in the schools a lot and where I live we have a very high poverty rate," Jernigan, the president of the Alma School Board, told Fox News. Alma is between Fayetteville and Fort Smith.

"My immediate thought was, this could put so many shoes on kids that would not have new shoes to start back to school," she added.


More:  https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-payless-mom-buys-all-shoes-kids-need
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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2019, 01:00:02 pm »
 :thud: Wow! :thud:
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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2019, 01:20:05 pm »
Awesome story.  This is how it is supposed to work - private citizens choosing to help out other less fortunate people out of the goodness of their hearts - as opposed to the government taking their wealth and redistributing it as they see fit.
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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2019, 01:27:39 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on July 29, 2019, 01:20:05 pm
Awesome story.  This is how it is supposed to work - private citizens choosing to help out other less fortunate people out of the goodness of their hearts - as opposed to the government taking their wealth and redistributing it as they see fit.

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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2019, 01:33:55 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on July 29, 2019, 01:20:05 pm
Awesome story.  This is how it is supposed to work - private citizens choosing to help out other less fortunate people out of the goodness of their hearts - as opposed to the government taking their wealth and redistributing it as they see fit.

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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2019, 02:14:03 pm »
So nice to hear a story like this with all the crap going on.
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2019, 02:21:43 pm »
However much $$ the lady spent, 100% of the value of it went directly to those she benefited. With government social programs the bureaucratic overhead is in the 70% range.
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Re: Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in need
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2019, 08:30:13 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on July 29, 2019, 02:21:43 pm
However much $$ the lady spent, 100% of the value of it went directly to those she benefited. With government social programs the bureaucratic overhead is in the 70% range.
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