{"id":78659,"date":"2016-08-05T07:45:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=78659"},"modified":"2016-08-06T07:40:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:40:11","slug":"salvation-army-thrift-store-hurt-by-street-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/08\/05\/salvation-army-thrift-store-hurt-by-street-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Thrift Store needs more customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

While the street reconstruction project on South Washington Street has not been kind to a number of businesses and organizations located along that portion of the street, one of those especially hurting is the Salvation Army Thrift Store.<\/p>\n

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The Salvation Army Thrift Store needs more customers during the Washington Street reconstruction project.<\/strong> (photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lt. Josh Morales, local Salvation Army commander, said the thrift store is still accessible from Fox Road, but while donations have been coming in\u00a0(although diminished) it\u2019s customers that are needed for the store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a steady flow of donations, but they\u2019re not going out,\u201d he said, noting that clothing and other items are piling up at the thrift store because the lack of customers mean fewer items are being sold.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last three months, we\u2019re 30 percent down from a year ago, and that\u2019s not good, since we were blowing away the (year ago) numbers before construction began in April,\u201d Morales said.<\/p>\n

The construction has definitely affected an organization that has received great support from the community over the years, Lt. Morales acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community is very supportive of the Salvation Army,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been here almost six months and I\u2019ve been blown away by the generosity and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Children’s clothing and school supplies are available for back-to-school shoppers.<\/strong> (photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately, the Thrift Store\u2019s woes also affect the Salvation Army\u2019s overall bottom line, since any money earned at the thrift store, over and above operating costs, provides operating money for the local Salvation Army as a whole. With revenues down, that means fewer people will receive assistance from the non-profit entity unless the situation can be turned around.<\/p>\n

To bring more people in the door, Morales said the thrift store is providing some incentives to customers. With school just weeks away for local students, the thrift store is offering great back-to-school deals on clothing and school supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have tons of clothing, as well as some school supplies,\u201d Lt. Morales said, adding that only good quality clothing items donated to the Salvation Army are sold in the thrift store.<\/p>\n

For families with preschool children, there are also some vintage Fisher Price toys available right now, he said.<\/p>\n

The Salvation Army also has a deal going with Westwood Car Wash to provide thrift store customers with an additional $1 off a car wash for those who brave the street construction to visit the Salvation Army store.<\/p>\n

Right now, access to the thrift store is fairly easy from Fox Road — much more convenient than getting further north to Schlotzsky\u2019s\/Shell or Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio, for example, where street work is literally creating roadblocks for customers.<\/p>\n

For more information on specials, including the thrift store\u2019s Wacky Wednesday specials, area residents can access the store\u2019s Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/vwsathrift<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor While the street reconstruction project on South Washington Street has not been kind to a number of businesses and organizations located along that portion of the street, one of those especially hurting is the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Lt. Josh Morales, local Salvation Army commander, said the thrift store is still accessible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 12:08:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}