Secret donor pays off $25K in Ohio layaway bills

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BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — An anonymous donor is making theholidays merrier for shoppers with
Christmas gifts on layaway at an Ohiostore.The Springfield News-Sun and WHIO-TV report that a manprovided
$25,000 in gift cards to pay off more than 100 layaway accountsat a Walmart in Bellefontaine, 50 miles
northwest ofColumbus. The donations went toward accounts that included toys andalready were partly paid.One
lucky shopper, Stefanie Evans, says she has eight children to gets gifts for and can’t put her gratitude
into words.Thestore manager says some customers who benefited from the generositydecided to pay it forward
by making payments toward other layawayaccounts.The manager says employees believe the donor is a man who
paid off a similar amount for layaway accounts last year.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All
rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — An anonymous donor
is making theholidays merrier for shoppers with Christmas gifts on layaway at an Ohiostore.The Springfield
News-Sun and WHIO-TV report that a manprovided $25,000 in gift cards to pay off more than 100 layaway
accountsat a Walmart in Bellefontaine, 50 miles northwest ofColumbus. The donations went toward accounts
that included toys andalready were partly paid.One lucky shopper, Stefanie Evans, says she has eight
children to gets gifts for and can’t put her gratitude into words.Thestore manager says some customers who
benefited from the generositydecided to pay it forward by making payments toward other layawayaccounts.The
manager says employees believe the donor is a man who paid off a similar amount for layaway accounts last
year.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,
rewritten orredistributed.

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