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Kentucky Man Buys Out K-Mart Store, Donates it All to Charity

By Good News Network Thursday, May 17, 2012

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businessman buys kmart contents for charityA business owner realized, "It's time to give back," after years of seeing needy people selling their stuff in his jewelry-exchange business.

Rankin Paynter, who was shopping at a Kmart store that was closing its doors in Winchester, Kentucky, decided on-the-spot to buy the rest of its contents and give it away to charity.

$200,000 worth of clothing, shoes, pharmacy items and office supplies are now the property of Clark County Community Services, who will, for the first time, have enough clothing to supply every needy child with winter hats, gloves and coats.

He also rented a building to store the items.

(WATCH the video below, or READ the story from LEX-18)

 

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#1 djkuk 2012-05-17 16:01
Its not money that is the route of all evil, its what people do with it.
 
 
#2 emmarsh 2012-05-18 11:32
Michael Norton shares research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people. See:
http://tinyurl.com/7coq2no
 

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