Thrift store reaches $1 million in donations
The items sitting on the shelves and hanging on the racks in The Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store aren't necessarily big-ticket items.
But the store has collected more than $1 million in contributions toward world hunger and disaster relief since it opened just nine years ago.
"This year it was our goal to reach $1 million and (tonight) we'll do that," said Ray Stump, member of the thrift store's Board of Directors that governs the nonprofit. "The goal was actually last year to make it but didn't quite make it."
A check for $60,000 this evening will be given to the Mennonite Central Committee resource director during an annual volunteer appreciation dinner.
The $60,000 check will push the store's contributions over the $1 million mark.
"We've given donations whenever the <NO1>kitty<NO>gets up," Stump said. "We would never give less than $50,000."
The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Brethren in Christ Church on the corner of Arrow Highway and San Antonio Avenue.
The 3,500 square foot store can only hold so many items. Much of the merchandise is on the smaller scale.
The thrift store is at 8673 A Baseline Road in the Sunrize Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
For volunteer information, call (909) 481-8115.
Read more in tomorrow's Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper.
But the store has collected more than $1 million in contributions toward world hunger and disaster relief since it opened just nine years ago.
"This year it was our goal to reach $1 million and (tonight) we'll do that," said Ray Stump, member of the thrift store's Board of Directors that governs the nonprofit. "The goal was actually last year to make it but didn't quite make it."
A check for $60,000 this evening will be given to the Mennonite Central Committee resource director during an annual volunteer appreciation dinner.
The $60,000 check will push the store's contributions over the $1 million mark.
"We've given donations whenever the <NO1>kitty<NO>gets up," Stump said. "We would never give less than $50,000."
The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Brethren in Christ Church on the corner of Arrow Highway and San Antonio Avenue.
The 3,500 square foot store can only hold so many items. Much of the merchandise is on the smaller scale.
The thrift store is at 8673 A Baseline Road in the Sunrize Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
For volunteer information, call (909) 481-8115.
Read more in tomorrow's Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper.
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