Need to contact the Thrift Store call 607-386-1395 or email [email protected]
April 27th is the Four Towns mass yard sale day. The Thrift Store will be having their big annual spring community giveaway that day.
SAFETY GUIDELINES With the rise in COVID, flu, and RSV in the area, the Thrift Store will be following the CDC guidelines below:
* Volunteers who test positive and are exhibiting symptoms can not volunteer
* you must be symptom free for 48 hours before you return to volunteering and will be required to wear a mask for 10 days after the 48 hours of symptom free
* if you test positive but have no symptoms you can volunteer 48 hours after the first positive test but will be asked to wear a mask for 10 days. If at any time you develop symptoms you will revert to the above bullet points
* at this time patrons are not required to wear a mask to enter the store. Masks will be made available to those who want one and any shoppers exhibiting symptoms will be encouraged to use the masks
Over the past few years, The New Beginnings Thrift Store has not only been successful in selling clothing and items, more importantly, it has helped people. It has provided items to people in need, not just by selling them items at extremely reasonable prices, but by giving items to those in need for FREE! Workers have met people in desperate need at the thrift store outside of regular hours to offer assistance . When we have an excess of items or things which have set on our shelves for long periods of time, Carol has donated them to other non-profit organizations, to make room for new items which are donated to us all the time. And the money raised through sales has been carefully used to help local people with emergency and medical related needs, to help support school programs (i.e. Bobcat Boutique), to provide Christmas gifts for children who otherwise would have no gifts under their trees, and to helpour neighbors throughout the nation survive and rebuild after national disasters.
New Beginnings Thrift Store Mission Funds:
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
Thanks to the persistent urging of the Church Treasurer, Mary Ellen Whitmore, lively discussions were had by the Spiritual Nurture Committee, the Mission Committee and the Session. The issue? What are the guidelines for disbursing the mission monies generated by the New Beginnings Thrift Store in the church basement? No one anticipated that the small amounts paid for items would mount up so quickly, even while monies were being disbursed and families in emergencies were given what they needed without payment at all. Still, God has given the increase so more individuals and families can be helped, according to the church's mission statement.
So here is the policy for disbursing of local mission funds voted by the Session after much thoughtful input: Any member of the congregation may request funds for themselves or those related to them, or those in the community whose needs have come to their attention, by contacting the Clerk or Session or Rev. Wolff. Every effort will be made to work quickly, appropriately, and efficiently.
As for knowledge of receipts and disbursements, any member of the congregation may request a report of the current status by contacting either of the two persons above. The names of those who have received assistance will be held to be confidential unless they choose to make them public.