聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The thrift store that has been organized by the Canora Ministerial Association continues to look for more donations, especially of winter items.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e tend to get a lot of summer things around this time of year when people clean out their closets,鈥� said Sharon Uhryn, volunteer with the thrift store, 鈥渂ut we could always use more winter things.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The thrift store has been running for eight years, after Donna Franz organized both the Filling the Gap Food Bank and the store due to a perceived need in the community for organized local charities.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The store is primarily staffed by volunteers from the parish of the Parkland Christian Centre. Rev. Brett Watson is there on a regular basis, but insists that 鈥渢he ladies do all the hard work鈥� with organizing the donations, pricing them, and shelving them.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Volunteers include Uhryn, Judy Roll, Marge Blair and Donna Franklin.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The store offers housewares, women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 clothing, decorations, toys, and more, depending on the donations made to the store by the community. The only guidelines for donations are that the items must be in good working order, clean, and wearable if they are clothing.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The thrift store has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, due to people showing an interest in recycling and 小蓝视频 more conscious about what is placed in landfills.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e like to call it 鈥榰pcycling,鈥� where you take something old and make it into something better,鈥� said Franklin.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淧eople will always have a use for something you don鈥檛 need anymore,鈥� said Uhryn.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The store is well-stocked, but is especially in need of winter clothes due to making their annual shipment of winter items to Pelican Narrows, as it does every year for Thanksgiving.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Uhryn assures that all items are either sold at the store, with proceeds going towards Filling the Gap Food Bank, or given to other thrift stores or the Canadian Diabetes Association. Nothing is thrown out.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Watson mentioned that the decorations in particular can be unique, as many of them are old family keepsakes and may even be valuable.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The members of the thrift store said they were grateful to Lorie Regher, the owner of the Dairy Bar, for allowing them to share the store space, and thanked the people of Canora for their 鈥渋ncredible generosity.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e able to donate some items to those who are down and out or have just moved to Canora and don鈥檛 have much,鈥� Watson said.
