Hospice thrift store in need of help
By Nicole Plascencia KCBY NewsNORTH BEND, Ore.- The South Coast Hospice Thrift Store sits behind an empty parking lot Wednesday morning. MultimediaLast week store employees made an upsetting discovery when they found tiles from the ceiling on the floor. Turning out to be a problem with timber trusses holding up the roof. "We took a look up in their and found some cracks in some of the wood and so we put braces... underneath all the trusses to support them temporarily," says Don Laiche, owner of Weldon & Sons. The store has been closed for several days while engineers and crews figure out the best option for the store. "Everyday we're closed, you know, it's a tremendous loss to the organization," says South Coast Hospice facilities manager, Carol Gardner. Gardner says the store brings in about $2,200 a day, money that goes to South Coast Hospice and other non-profits in the area. The close has also left some people out of work for the time being. "They're so wonderful, they love this place so much and it's really hard," says store manager Pam Dennis says of her employees. While the temporary close has forced the group to tighten their belts financially in preparation for what's to come, SCH Executive Director Linda Furman Grile says, "patients are going to receive the care that they need, there's no doubt and no question about that." |
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February 9, 2012
- Coos Bay / North Bend, Oregon
