1. Just Like New to You Thrift Shop 635 Portage Avenue 204-786-1653 Open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am-4pm

2. How did the store open?  Carol Cribs and two other nurses working at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg wanted to choose where the extra money they made went to at the hospital  They decided to open the thrift store to make money that they could choose what to donate it to at the hospital  opened May 6 th, 2005

3. Volunteering  Volunteers are mainly from the White Cross Guild  About 5 volunteers every day  Have to clean the store, organize the shelves and clothing, sort through items from donators, run the cash register

4. What gets donated?  children and adult clothing and shoes  toys and games  household items  jewelry  books

5. Organizations the store donates to  Habitat for Humanity  St. Andrews Street Mission  Children’s Hospital  Hands of Hope International  Sage House  sends gowns, stretcher covers, bedding to Africa for their hospitals  Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg  Winnipeg Humane Society

6. Who benefits?  Patients at the Health Sciences Centre  People on welfare  New immigrants  People with limited budgets  The other organizations that get donations

7. How my opinion changed My opinion on the thrift store changed because I didn’t know that the store helped so many people, whether directly or indirectly. I learned a lot more about where the donations to and from the thrift store go.