Katie Anderson (left) hands volunteer Sharron McCann a check to a local nonprofit organization that will benefit from the volunteer labor and profits this last year at First and Second Thrift Store in Grand Marais.
First and Second Thrift Store has done it again—with the help of all the volunteers who staffed it from July of last year through June of this year, the people who donated goods, and the customers who bought them. The efforts of many people whose trails have led through Grand Marais have netted $41,568.50 to the nonprofit organizations of Cook County in this past year alone.
Volunteers worked a total of almost 3,779 hours this last year. Each hour worked made $11 for the nonprofit organization of the volunteer’s choice. Thebiggest recipients were the Cook County Senior Center, which received $7,394.75, and Bethlehem Lutheran Church, which received $5,733.75. Thirty-three other organizations received from $44 to $2,552 apiece.
Different seasons bring different groups of volunteers. Some local residents help out when they are here spring, summer, and fall but then go away for the winter. Some Grand Marais Tourist Park residents help out when they are here during the summer months.
Rod Wannebo accepts a check for the Cook County Tennis Association at a celebration coffee at the Cook County Senior Center Tuesday, August 17, 2010. It was one of 35 Cook County nonprofit organizations to benefit from volunteer labor and profits this last year at First and Second Thrift Store in Grand Marais.
A gathering of First and Second supporters, both volunteers and those representing recipient organizations, enjoyed coffee and refreshments at the Senior Center Tuesday, August 17, 2010 when all the checks were handed out. Lois Johnson, who started the thrift store with Arvis Thompson, was pleased to announce that the success of First and Second has inspired the start-up of a thrift
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