Getting the Most Out of Your Thrift Store Experience

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Getting the Most Out of Your Thrift Store
Experience
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• Thrift stores are veritable treasure troves where
  you can find items of all sizes, shapes and
  descriptions, while doing your bit to help the
  community you live in.
• By choosing to buy as many of the items you need
  (or dont need, but want!) in a thrift store, not
  only are you making a thoughtful contribution to
  sustainable living, but you could be helping to
  provide someone in your community with the
  lifeline they so desperately need to get
  themselves out of poverty.
• Whether youre a thrift store regular, or are
  just coming around to the idea of shopping in
  one, here are some ways to get the most out of
  your experience

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• Be open minded
• Its important not to see your local thrift store
  as a place where people simply dump their
  unwanted goods. While it may be true that the
  items being sold once belonged to someone else
  who no longer has a use for them, that doesnt
  make them any less valuable or desirable.
• Think about all of the times you might have
  thrown something away that was in perfectly good
  condition, and how much better it would have been
  for someone else to get some use out of it. Not
  only would someone be able to use the item after
  you, but when they buy it, theyre helping to
  fund a variety of programs for community members,
  which could elevate them from a life of poverty.

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• Remember what every item you buy is helping to
  fund
• As mentioned above, buying something from a
  thrift store doesnt just put money in a wealthy
  business owners pocket, it puts money into the
  hands of the people who can really benefit from
  it. Not directly, of course, but through training
  programs and job opportunities funded by items
  purchased in the store.
• Below are just some of the items you can buy that
  will help your community grow stronger
• Clothes buying used clothes is a more
  environmentally conscious way to shop, and can
  help you save a lot of money, too. Update your
  entire wardrobe for the price of just one item
  from a fashion designer!

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• Toys why not take your kids along to your local
  thrift store and let them browse the toys on
  display and trust me, therell be plenty! With
  toy fads changing so often, and kids quickly
  getting bored of one toy before moving on to
  another, you can find some modern, expensive toys
  for a fraction of their normal retail price.
• Books you can find books of all kinds in thrift
  stores, and if youre a quick reader, buying them
  brand new can quickly get expensive, making a
  thrift store the ideal place to liberate your
  inner bookworm! Who knows, you might even find a
  valuable first edition lurking on a shelf

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• Kitchen supplies quirky and mismatched
  kitchenware are on trend right now, and in your
  local thrift store, you might be able to find
  several stunning pieces that you can add to your
  existing kitchen supplies.
• Ultimately, what you gain from your thrift store
  shopping experience is down to you, but it pays
  to keep the reason why the store exists and the
  people its helping to empower, in the back of
  your mind as you shop, or as you donate. Have you
  paid a visit to your local thrift store yet? If
  not, what are you waiting for!

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• Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi is a non
  profit organization with donation centres best
  thrift Stores in Biloxi and 9 other cities in
  South Mississippi. We work to enhance the dignity
  and quality of life of individuals and families
  by strengthening communities, eliminating
  barriers to opportunity and helping people in
  need reach their full potential through learning
  and the power of work. Donations are our driving
  force, and without community support, Goodwill
  Industries of South Mississippi would not be able
  to achieve our mission. Visit our Goodwill
  clothing thrift stores near Gulfport to do your
  thrift shopping or to know more visit or website
  https//www.goodwillsms.org/