Woman Buys Out Arkansas Payless Store S Stock Donates Shoes To Children In Need

Jernigan took her three children to a Payless ShoeSource in Alma, Arkansas, to do a bit of shopping before the family went on vacation, and during the visit to the store Jernigan’s 9-year-old daughter asked if they could purchase a pair of Avengers tennis shoes for someone in her class that needed a pair.

“She has the biggest heart, and she said ‘There is a boy in my class that loves [The] Avengers, and his shoes are too small, could you buy him these?,’ and I was like ‘of course,’” Jernigan told THV11.

Jernigan said she was touched by her daughter’s thoughtfulness and, “As I was checking out, I just said, ‘how much for the rest of the shoes in the store?’ almost joking, and then I could see the clerk’s face, her wheels start to turn.”

In February 2019, Payless announced that the company would close all of its stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico by the end of May, a move that came after the shoe and accessory retailer had filed for bankruptcy twice in two years. At the time of the announcement, the company had 2,100 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.