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LangleyMemorialHospitalFoundation

We believe that healthy people enjoy life and make a differencen their community

ISIT our office in the hospital todayALL 604.533.6422LICK www.lmhfoundation.com

ups have thrifts to raise fundsheir causes.ER COLPITTS@langleyadvance.com

edicated bargain hunt-ers won’t like us let-ting out the secret butLangley, more specif-

angley City, is packedift shops.’s nine of them as of16 and about a dozenween the City andip.f the newest ise Finds which benefits

y Meals on Wheels.people shop thrift

o find distinctive items.do it for the savingsuse items that mayse end up in a landfill. Still others want to support the

cause running the shop.Locally people can shop to

support local or internationalcauses, faith-based efforts orhealth care.

Many local thrift storesrely on volunteers to sort,price and stock shelves sothey can sell goods to benefittheir cause of choice.

Experienced thrifters knowto watch the stores as eachhas promotions and sales.

Not a thrift store shop-per? That’s okay. Help putcool stuff on their shelves.Everyone has stuff around

the house they no longer needor want.

Each of the shops acceptdonations but they differ inwhat they carry. It’s best to dosome online research to findout what’s accepted, at whichsite and what to do with withitems that are not accepted.

Donating items that cannotbe resold means the charitiesmust pay for disposal whichreduces the amounts they raisefor their causes and charities.

Many of the shops havewebsites or Facebook pages toprovide up to date information.

There’s other ways to find

out about what to do with thatpurple couch or leftover dry-wall from a project, that jacketthat no longer fits the kids orthe treadmill gathering dust inthe corner of the bedroom.

Langley City and Townshiphave recycling and greenwasteinformation on their websitesas well as brochures to outlineoptions and schedules.

British Columbia has anextensive network of recyclingsites, reuse possibilities andgreen campaigns. Check withthe Recycling Council of B.C.on what goes where so lessends up in the landfill.

hrift stores: Langley is home to a baker’s dozenLangley AdvanceWelcome to the Neighbourhood, 2016 SHOPPING

Volunteers run the recently opened Boutique Finds store on Douglas Crescent to raise money for LangleyMeals on Wheels.

Langley City:- Battered Women and Children’sThrift, 20555 56th Ave.- Bibles for Missions, 20500 Logan

Ave.- Boutique Finds (benefiting LangleyMeals on Wheels), 20414 DouglasCres.- Fibroymyalgia Well SpringFoundation, #109 20631 Fraser Hwy.- Langley Meals on Wheels Boutique,204th Street and 56th Avenue.- International Christian Relief 5786203rd St.- International Christian Relief, 5785200th St.- New Hope for Children Thrift Store,20211 56th Ave. (donating to helpimpoverished children in Mexico).- Penny Pincher (operated by theLangley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary,benefiting Langley Memorial Hospital),20560 Fraser Hwy.- Thrift for Kids (contributing to theLangley School District Foundation),20295 56th Ave.

Langley Township:- Salvation Army Thrift Store(benefiting the Gateway of Hopeshelter and residential facility), 3111272nd St.- Salvation Army Thrift Store, 1973396th Ave.- Second Story Treasures (benefitingthe Langley Hospice Society), 2034988th Ave.

Cloverdale- BC SPCA Thrift, 5626 177B St.

Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance

items such as bakelitepepper shakers or morehousewares, clothing ande are to be had at Langley’srift shops.