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'Layaway Secret Santas' Pay Off Accounts Of Families Across The Country

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23 Dec 2012 42 views
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'Layaway Secret Santas' Pay Off Accounts Of Families Across The Country
This week, a Walmart store in Hastings, Mich., received a $10,000 check from an anonymous donor to pay off 43 customers' layaway accounts in their entirety, no strings attached. Anonymous donors such as this one are showing up across the country at some of the nation's biggest retailers.

This week, a Walmart store in Hastings, Mich., received a $10,000 check from an anonymous donor to pay off 43 customers' layaway accounts in their entirety, no strings attached.

Anonymous donors such as this one are showing up across the country at some of the nation's biggest retailers.

The so-called "layaway secret Santas" are handing over checks and cash ranging anywhere from $200 to $10,000 to pay off the remaining balances of customers who put Christmas presents on layaway.

(READ the story in the Huffington Post)

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