Paying
it forward: Shopper, 73, buys $120 worth of diapers for cash-strapped new mom
next to her in the Walmart queue
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Katie Kanefke couldn't afford to buy four
boxes of diapers when a South Dakota Walmart wouldn't match a competitor's
price
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When she put three back on the shelf,
stranger Carol Flynn paid $120 for all four boxes
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The 73-year-old told Kanefke to 'pay it
forward one day'
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Video of the kind deed, filmed by shopper
Jason Yoshino, has gone viral
When a young mom struggling to
pay for diapers held up the queue at Walmart, Carol Flynn didn't tell her off -
she pulled out her credit card and paid for them.
Now the 73-year-old has become an
internet sensation after a shopper who filmed her kind deed posted it to
Facebook.
'Diapers are for babies and
babies are on my heart,' Flynn told ABC News.
'We’re always concerned about moms and healthy babies.'
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Generous: Shopper Carol Flynn,
73, paid for four boxes of diapers for young mom Katie Kanefke at a South
Dakota Walmart on Sunday
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Kindhearted: Carolyn Flynn, 73,
put an arm around young mother Katie Kanefke at a South Dakota Walmart on
Sunday night after paying for her diapers purchase
Woman pays for stranger's
diapers at Walmart
According to Argus Leader, Flynn was
shopping at Walmart in Sioux Falls, South Dakota when she noticed a cash-strapped
mom couldn't afford to pay for four boxes of diapers.
The young mom, Katie Kanefke, put
aside three boxes of Pampers when the cashier declined to match a competing
store's lower price.
That's when Flynn stepped in and
helped Kanefke out.
'You can't take it with you,'
Flynn told Argus Leader. 'I just think we should do things like that. That's
kind of my thinking.'
For Kanefke, a stranger's random
act of kindness is something she will never forget.
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Kanefke and her husband Jimmy
support their four-month-old son Marcus on a single income, so are forced to
stick to a budget.
'I couldn't believe it. I was
shocked. I kept saying thank you and God bless you,' the stay-at-home mom
said.
'Then I walked out in the parking
lot and started crying. It just hit me. It was an awesome statement of what
God's love does.
'If you ever needed a sign or act
that shows God cares for his people and provides for them," says Kanefke,
"this is it''.'
Katie Kanefke
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Grateful: Katie Kanefke (right)
said she couldn't believe it when stranger Carol Flynn bought four boxed of
diapers for her four-month-old son Marcus (left)
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Single income family: Katie
Kanefke (left) is a stay-at-home mom and her husband Jimmy (right) works
Carol Flynn and Jason Yoshino
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Heartwarming: Shopper Jason
Yoshino (right) filmed Carol Flynn (left) generously buying four boxes of
diapers for a struggling mother in Walmart
However Kanefke is not the only
person moved by Flynn's kind deed.
The shopper who filmed the
exchange, Jason Yoshino, shared the clip on Facebook to inspire others. It has
been liked more than 23,000 times and shared more than 6,000 times.
'Me and my wife were stunned. You
hear about those things, but you don't see them in real life,' he said.
'Everybody has a camera phone,
and they're recording everything. (Still), you don't see something like that
every day in life.
'It definitely touched a chord
with me. I always try to inspire others, and I'm a huge advocate of uplifting
and changing the world. I'll never forget it, to be honest with you.'
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Scene: Carol Flynn kindly bought
Katie Kanefke four boxes of diapers from Walmart on S Louise Ave in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota (pictured)
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