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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.
Historical Dictionary of The Salvation Army. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 587–592. ISBN 9781538102138. Chuck Munson (2013). The Salvation Army in Dallas: The Supply Chain Challenges of a Non-Profit Organization. Pearson Education. ISBN 9780133757149.
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.
A Value Village in Bloor Street, Toronto, Canada Value Village interior. Savers Value Village Inc. is a publicly held, for-profit thrift store retailer headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States, offering second hand merchandise, with supermajority ownership by private equity firm Ares Management. [1]
A second-hand shop is a shop which sells used goods.. Sketches by reporter-artist Marguerite Martyn of people in a St. Louis, Missouri, second-hand shop in 1920 Second-hand Encyclopaedia Britannica books in a second-hand bookstore in Bugis, Singapore The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Santa Monica, California
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". [3] [4] [5]
In 2016, an investigation by the Omaha World-Herald found that executives managing its local Goodwill stores received salaries of up to $400,000 with its CEO, Frank McGree, also collecting a 2014 bonus of $519,000—while over 100 of his store workers were paid less than minimum wage. The investigation found that 14 executives (including the ...
The organization was founded in 1882 by Thomas E. Moore as a splinter group from The Salvation Army in response to financial disagreements between Moore and Salvation Army founder William Booth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1885 the organization officially adopted a charter as the Salvation Army of America , but in 1913 it was renamed American Rescue Workers ...