This Famous Celebrity Paid For $434,000 Worth Of Layaway Items For Customers At Popular Department Store

Dec 17, 2018 by apost team

Christmas usually brings out the best in people. Over the past few years, there have been more reports of people paying off layaway accounts at stores so that customers don't have to worry about coming up with the extra money. Celebrities have started getting in on the act as well.

Tyler Perry is one of those celebrities who reached out to help others. He spent $434,000 to pay off layaway accounts at two Walmart stores in Atlanta. Roughly 1,500 people benefited from his kindness.

Perry entered each store and went to the layaway department in both of them. He talked to the managers at each store to find out how much the layaway accounts totaled. Perry then paid all of the layaway bills at each store. He did leave one penny left on each account.

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Although he attempted to make the payments in an anonymous manner, his identity couldn't be kept a secret for long as customers found out that he had been to the stores. The only thing customers had to do was pay the penny left on the accounts to take their items home for the holiday season.

Perry understands that some people are strapped financially at a time of the year when they want to provide for their children and their families. He wanted to do something to try to make the season a bit happier for as many people as he could. The one thing he thought might help was to pay off a few layaway accounts.

What did you think of Perry's selfless action? Have you had any similar experiences? Let us know - and pass this on, you might just inspire your friends to do some good this holiday season too!