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Woman buys everything at closing shoe store for Nebraska flood victims

The Kansas woman negotiated a deal at a closing Payless store to make sure everything they had left in stock went to a good cause.
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
This Aug. 23, 2006, file photo shows a Payless store front is seen in Philadelphia.

HAYS, Kan. — A Kansas woman donated 204 pairs of shoes to Nebraska flood victims after buying everything that was left at a closing Payless store.

The Hays Post reports the shoes were part of a flood relief shipment taken to farmers in Nebraska by Fort Hays State's agriculture sorority, Sigma Alpha, during the weekend.

A graduate of Fort Hays State, Addy Tritt, said she wanted to help others because so many people have helped her in the past.

When the price at a Hays store dropped to $1 per pair, Tritt negotiated with the business to buy the remaining shoes for $100.

They included 162 pairs of baby shoes and two pairs of men's shoes. The rest were women's shoes.

The retail price of the shoes would have been more than $6,000.

Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
This Aug. 23, 2006, file photo shows a Payless store front is seen in Philadelphia.

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