Attention Walmart shoppers, there’s some generosity brewing in the Layaway Department.
Two anonymous donors paid off layaway accounts at the East Meadow , according to Zamaranee Valentine, a manager at the store.
"We have received two donations thus far," Valentine said. "Each of them helped multiple people in need."
Valentine added that she hopes to see more donations throughout the week, and she commended the "Secret Santas" for their generosity.
"We call them Secret Santas," she added. "They want to stay anonymous, and it's great to see that they are stepping up for those who could use support."
So-called “Layaway Angels” are popping up across the country, with Walmart being one of the last national retail chains to offer layaway with few restrictions. According to corporate officials, Walmart has been seeing donations like this from coast to coast - including at the nearby location.
"It has happened as far west as Washington and as far east as New York," she said. "It's something Walmart really takes pride in."
Do you know of other stories of selfless generosity this holiday season? Tell us in the comments.
The leaves also close under various other stimuli, such as touching, warming, blowing, or shaking. These types of movements have been termed seismonastic movements. The movement occurs when specific regions of cells lose turgor pressure, which is the force that is applied onto the cell wall by water within the cell vacuoles and other cell contents. When the plant is disturbed, specific regions on the stems are stimulated to release chemicals including potassium ions which force water out of the cell vacuoles and the water diffuses out of the cells, producing a loss of cell pressure and cell collapse; this differential turgidity between different regions of cells results in the closing of the leaflets and the collapse of the leaf petiole. This characteristic is quite common within the Mimosoideae subfamily of the legume family, Fabaceae. The stimulus can also be transmitted to neighboring leaves. It is not known exactly why Mimosa pudica evolved this trait, but many scientists think that the plant uses its ability to shrink as a defense from predators. Animals may be afraid of a fast moving plant and would rather eat a less active one. Another possible explanation is that the sudden movement dislodges harmful insects.
One more point: The first six comments that I read on here were all about plants and dolls. No one seemed to give a rat's behind that some anonymous person might pay your bill. And that is why it doesn't happen here.