Thrift shop celebrates 40th anniversary

SIDNEY — The yr 2022 yr marks 40 a long time considering that the St. John’s Thrift Retail store has been in procedure. Supported by group donations and St. Johns’s Lutheran church, the very little keep with a big heart and an considerable offer of good has opened its doors to countless numbers of folks in excess of the years to each those people in want and individuals on the lookout for a fantastic discount.

It was opened in 1982.

Presently they have 28 gentlemen and women who volunteer their time to enable jogging the shop. The volunteers will come from all over the Sidney area and from any church younger or in their golden yrs. Any person is welcome to volunteer, as the shop need volunteers.

It will take four volunteers a day, two in the early morning and two in the afternoon, with Director Mary Cooke current each and every day, to run the thrift shop. Every single one spends a number of several hours sorting, pricing the products, and building certain issues work and clean. They have a several volunteers that has been right here around 20 yrs, as they uncover it to be both equally rewarding and enjoyable.

On any supplied working day, the store is loaded with shopper on the lookout for that great deal, each and every 7 days there is a exclusive and the customers just cannot wait to listen to what on product sales for the 7 days.

The thrift store will be getting a distinctive rededication company and open up property on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Throughout the 7 days of ully 11-15, door prizes and gross sales will be held for the anniversary celebration,

The St. John’s Thrift Store is located at 319 S. Ohio Ave., Sidney. It is open up Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. -4 p.m.

All types of garments and other goods is obtainable at the St. John’s Thrift Store, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this 12 months.