Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $12,693
15%  
Woo hoo!! And now less than $300 to reach 16%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: thriftstores

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  • No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore

    05/11/2020 8:32:16 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 114 replies
    Pocket Worthy ^ | May 11, 2020 | Adam Minter
    A once-virtuous cycle is breaking down. What now? For decades, the donation bin has offered consumers in rich countries a guilt-free way to unload their old clothing. In a virtuous and profitable cycle, a global network of traders would collect these garments, grade them, and transport them around the world to be recycled, worn again, or turned into rags and stuffing. Now that cycle is breaking down. Fashion trends are accelerating, new clothes are becoming as cheap as used ones, and poor countries are turning their backs on the secondhand trade. Without significant changes in the way that clothes are...
  • Goodwill Shutting Down Some Area Thrift Shops

    04/15/2002 1:42:23 PM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 7 replies · 307+ views
    WASHINGTON POST ^ | 4/12/02 | Jacqueline L. Salmon
    Where once a cavernous warehouse hummed with conveyor belts moving tens of thousands of donated items, and where a busy thrift store operated, there is now silence...