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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.
Make sure the charity is qualified to receive stock donations — typically 501(c)(3) organizations. Always ask to verify before you make a donation. Step 2: Contact the Charity
Scarecrow Video is an independently owned, non-profit video sales and rental store in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1988 and is based in the University District neighborhood. The store has a library of over 148,000 titles—among the largest in the United States—and is the last remaining video store in Seattle.
Marion Marguerite Stokes (née Butler; November 25, 1929 – December 14, 2012) was an American access television producer, businesswoman, investor, civil rights demonstrator, activist, librarian, and archivist, especially known for hoarding [1] [2] and archiving hundreds of thousands of hours of television news footage spanning 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012, [2] [3] at which ...
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On sites like eBay and LoveAntiques, collectible VHS tapes are valued at upwards of nearly $10,000 - depending on the rarity and condition of the tape, of course.
The reason the technique is so popular is that charities usually get a very profitable return on their investment (often around 3:1) [1] because the person is asked to donate on a regular basis. By securing long term donations, charities are able to plan future campaigns in the knowledge that they have a guaranteed amount of money to work with.
At the time of the installation, the number of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes collected was 14,000. [3] As of May 30, 2023, the group has amassed an estimated 40,000 or more Jerry Maguire VHS tapes. While actively maintaining an online tally on their website, their ultimate goal was to construct a pyramid in the desert using the tapes.