Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Many of my friends meet on Wednesday in the early morning to go to a specific parking lot sale held at a thrift store. We love it because we can put whatever fits into the grocery bag  for just $1.

As we finished one day, paid our dollars, and stayed to talk a bit, we noticed the clothing that remained was being scooped up and being thrown into their dumpster. We asked why, and they said they had no room for the extra clothes and it would pile up very quickly. I asked them why they have not contacted other places like churches, shelters for women and children. They said they did several times in the past and they only came two or three times and stopped as they had to be there at a specific time in the morning which was right after the parking lot sale. After coming a few times, most of these organizations quit.

Well, we said that we were here all the time and could take the remainder of whats was left.  They agreed! So we loaded our two cars up to the brim and hauled it to our city. We have done this every Wed now for two years! We opened up a clothing closet called Gifts Of Grace when a storage facility donated two units to us. We were holding yard sales and flea markets until then for anyone who needed clothing.  

Now we have a real building and advertise free clothing for anyone who has the need.  We have served hundreds of families in the tight economy so far with the clothing they were just going to throw away. Now our community is better becasue of it and our lives are blessed. Their lives are made a bit easier to have this opportunity to find nice clothing for not one single penny.

We volunteer and run it about two or three days a week. One person's trash is always another person's treasure!