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Goodwill Industries of Kansas has purchased three former DAV properties, but only one of them so far is planned to be another thrift store. Six DAV stores unexpectedly closed in September after ...
The Disabled American Veterans Organization provides service free of charge through a nationwide network of 88 DAV National Service Offices, 38 Transition Service Offices, 198 DAV Hospital Service Coordinator Offices, 52 state-level DAV Departments, 249 DAV VA Voluntary Service Representatives, and more than 1900 local DAV Chapters.
In 2016, an investigation by the Omaha World-Herald found that executives managing its local Goodwill stores received salaries of up to $400,000 with its CEO, Frank McGree, also collecting a 2014 bonus of $519,000—while over 100 of his store workers were paid less than minimum wage. The investigation found that 14 executives (including the ...
By the 1960s, Volunteers of America was well known for its thrift stores and annual fundraising efforts like the Sidewalk Santa campaign in New York City. In an effort to modernize its programs, the organization began to focus its work in the area of housing for the poor following the establishment of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
A 72-year-old community thrift shop has a buyer ready to step in and help it avoid foreclosure and stay in business, but first it needs to raise $100,000 to help close the deal, officials said.
Nonprofit reports profitable year. By June 2020 — three months into the pandemic that shut down its operations — the thrift shop’s mortgage had grown to nearly $4.7 million and CommunityWorx ...
Shelves in a thrift store in Indianapolis, Indiana A charity shop in Sheringham, UK. A charity shop (British English), thrift shop or thrift store (American English and Canadian English, also includes for-profit stores such as Savers) or opportunity shop or op-shop (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.
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