Hays woman who bought out Payless store for Neb. flood victims again paying it forward

About four months after being recognized on "Ellen" for paying out a local Payless Shoe Source store and sending shoes to help flood victims in Nebraska, Hays' Addy Tritt is paying it forward again.

Tritt is now using a donation from Ellen to buy $20,000 worth of merchandise from another store going out of business, Charming Charlie. Tritt plans to donate the merchandise to women impacted by domestic violence.

"My plan is to create a "closet" for women in domestic violence shelters to come pick out a new outfit and accessories," Tritt says. "I couldn't have done it without Ellen."

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A Kansas woman who bought out her local Payless Shoe Source to send shoes to help with flood relief in Nebraska will be recognized on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show" Monday (April 22).

Addy Tritt, who is from Hays, recently purchased the last 204 pairs of shoes available at a local Payless store that was going out of business and donated them to help victims affected by Nebraska’s record-breaking river flood.

“I have been so blessed,” Tritt told The Hutch Post. “There have been so many great people in my life who have inspired me. I see so many horrible things in the news. So many people have helped me when I was down, I want to help if I can.”

Tritt bought the shoes for $100 and donated them to the Fort Hays State University's agriculture sorority Sigma Alpha.