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NJ Couple Buys Out Entire Payless Store & Donates All the Shoes to a Women’s Shelter!

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!  I am also mad I didn’t think to do something like this as well.  I LOVE Payless and I am still super sad it went out of…

Payless Shoes Files For Bankruptcy
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE!  I am also mad I didn't think to do something like this as well.  I LOVE Payless and I am still super sad it went out of business.  SO MANY of my favorite shoes are from there.  (I'm not joking).

Susan Cook and Patrick Riordan spent $247 to buy all 247 pairs of shoes left in a Payless store. The shoe chain is going out of business. They then made a huge charitable donation

"It took a while and a couple transactions,” Cook said of the multiple receipts it took. Not all the purchases could fit on one.

Cook and Riordan donated them to Womanspace, a shelter and rehabilitation program in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, that serves families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault.

"It’s a really wonderful organization and we were really blessed to be able to help them,” Riordan said.

Here's ANOTHER story about a women from Arkansas who did the same thing with her daughter, and she spent over $20,000!

Nicole Michalik is the afternoon drive host on 925XTU. She has been with the station for the past 5 years and was named CRS New Face of Country Music. Nicole always had a strong love for pop-culture and has been working in entertainment since her college internship. As a content creator for 925XTU, Nicole writes articles on Philly happenings, sports, celebrity relationships, pop culture moments and anything else she finds fun and exciting!