2008 Woodie Awards
Thrifty shoppers help community by spending less
Andrea Arriaga
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: News
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f you flip open the latest fashion magazine and price some of the hottest trends, you'd better expect to be dropping some classes and getting a second job.
Got a new apartment? Furnishing it on top of rent and bills isn't exactly inexpensive either.
If you're looking for some new clothes or even a couch in decent condition, you might consider cruising a second-hand store.
They offer items like clothing, housewares, domestics, furniture, even books and music.
Shopping thrift stores might not just be easy on your wallet, but it can help out in your own neighborhood. Goodwill Industry, for example, provides work for the disabled.
According to its Web site, more than 83 percent of Goodwill's total revenues in 2006 were used to fund education and career services.
Another well known second-hand store is the Salvation Army. You might have heard about it from those little red buckets that will be outside of department stores in the next month or so.
According to its most recent annual report, more than 80 cents of each dollar spent by the Salvation Army fund direct services for people.
The Salvation Army is at work in many countries.
The monies obtained from their stores and donations go to residential programs, daycare, addiction dependency, service to the armed forces, emergency disaster response, services to the community, health and education programs
Got an hour between classes?
The Abbe Road Goodwill Center is only minutes away. A few more miles to Cleveland Street and you can locate the Elyria Salvation Army. Not only can you get cool retro clothes or a costume idea but you can do a lot of good in your community as well.
Got a new apartment? Furnishing it on top of rent and bills isn't exactly inexpensive either.
If you're looking for some new clothes or even a couch in decent condition, you might consider cruising a second-hand store.
They offer items like clothing, housewares, domestics, furniture, even books and music.
Shopping thrift stores might not just be easy on your wallet, but it can help out in your own neighborhood. Goodwill Industry, for example, provides work for the disabled.
According to its Web site, more than 83 percent of Goodwill's total revenues in 2006 were used to fund education and career services.
Another well known second-hand store is the Salvation Army. You might have heard about it from those little red buckets that will be outside of department stores in the next month or so.
According to its most recent annual report, more than 80 cents of each dollar spent by the Salvation Army fund direct services for people.
The Salvation Army is at work in many countries.
The monies obtained from their stores and donations go to residential programs, daycare, addiction dependency, service to the armed forces, emergency disaster response, services to the community, health and education programs
Got an hour between classes?
The Abbe Road Goodwill Center is only minutes away. A few more miles to Cleveland Street and you can locate the Elyria Salvation Army. Not only can you get cool retro clothes or a costume idea but you can do a lot of good in your community as well.
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