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Out of the Closet is a nonprofit chain of thrift stores whose revenues provide medical care for patients with HIV/AIDS.The chain is owned and operated by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a Los Angeles–based charity that provides medical, preventive, and educational resources for patients.
171–191 South High Street is a pair of historic buildings in Downtown Columbus, Ohio.The commercial structures have seen a wide variety of retail and service uses through the 20th century, including shoe stores, groceries, opticians, hatters, jewelers, a liquor store, and a car dealership.
Easton Town Center is a shopping center and mall in northeast Columbus, Ohio, United States.Opened in 1999, the core buildings and streets that comprise Easton are intended to look like a self-contained town, reminiscent of American towns and cities in the early-to-mid 20th century.
Upon her death in 2003, Kroc bequeathed $1.5 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) to The Salvation Army solely for the purpose of establishing centers of opportunity, education, recreation and inspiration throughout the United States to be known as "Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers".
For the first time in almost 20 years, Williams found himself steadily working. He co-authored A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work, and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation with Bret Witter. He is the founder of the Ted Williams Project, a non-profit organization serving homeless shelters.
The Salvation Army is well known for its network of thrift stores or charity shops—colloquially referred to as "the Sally Ann" in Canada and the United States, "Salvos Stores" in Australia, and "Sally's" in New Zealand—which raise money for its rehabilitation programs by selling donated used items such as clothing, housewares, and toys.
Development of the existing structures began in 1932, when a single brick building was constructed, used as a gas station and tire repair shop. Russell and Mary Smith were the first owners; their family continues to own the lot, even though the filling station changed hands numerous times, beginning in 1934.
Shelves in a thrift store in Indianapolis, Indiana A charity shop in Sheringham, UK. A charity shop (British English), thrift shop or thrift store (American English and Canadian English, also includes for-profit stores such as Savers) or opportunity shop or op-shop (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.