DAVIDSON—After two years in business, the Revived Family Thrift Store on main street Davidson has closed its doors.
A lack of volunteers is the main reason the non-profit store had to close, said its founder Russell Sparks.
The store had advertised for volunteers to help run the shop that sold second-hand goods at steep discounts. Sparks said they made it clear in the advertisement that without volunteers, the store would have to close. No volunteers came forward, so the store closed its doors a few weeks ago.
He and his wife Angela worked at the store over the Labour Day weekend packing the store’s merchandise, including stuffing over 100 garbage bags with clothes.
Russell said most of this clothing was given to a company that collects clothes to send overseas. He said the company gave them a cash donation for the clothes. Russell said they are working this week on distributing the store’s proceeds.
It may have struggled to find volunteers, but Revived Family Thrift Store was a success in many other ways.
“We were always impressed with how generous people were with donations,” Angela said.
Revived Family Thrift Store donated its remaining stock to the Davidson Kinettes and the new swimming pool committee. These two groups will sell it in a garage sale Oct. 18 in conjunction with Centennial Ford’s Drive 4 UR Community event at Davidson Communiplex. Besides the garage sale, the Kinettes will run the canteen and there will be Halloween-themed children’s activities being supervised by high school-aged students.
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