The "layaway angels" have been helping more than Crittenden Countians. They have also been in central Kentucky, paying off the balance of department store layaways for families.
Kelsey Smith says
she's the latest beneficiary of this Christmas' biggest gift trend — an
anonymous layaway payoff — that has spread like a charitable wildfire
among Kmarts and some Wal-Marts. For Smith and her family, the
generosity could not have come at a better time. Her year-old daughter,
Addison, was in the hospital earlier this year with pneumonia, and
Smith, who works in a dental office, said she and fiancé James Chapman
have been struggling to pay medical bills.
For the full story on the layaway gifts for local families, see this week's issue of The Crittenden Press. For the full story on other parts of Kentucky experiencing the same trend, visit The Lexington Herald Leader online.
