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Each child left the store smiling, squealing and skipping too, as beneficiaries of the Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids program. About 200 children from Springfield Boys and Girls Clubs last week received a free pair of shoes.

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“We selected kids we thought could use a new pair of shoes,” said Jeff Long, Musgrave unit director for the Boys & Girls Clubs. “They were so excited. They asked me all day, ‘when are we going to go?’ ”

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For some of the children, only used to hand-me-downs, the shoes they left the store with Wednesday night were their first new pair — ever.