Giving Time: April 20

Gathering to Give Time was the goal of today’s LIFT event. 14 ladies traveled to Abundant Blessings Thrift Shop (AB), Mifflintown to volunteer our time.

Before we left Lost Creek, we heard from MCC East Coast Thrift Shop Coordinator, Linda Geissinger. She shared that AB has donated over 1 million dollars to the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) since it opened! Linda said there are 108 MCC thrift shops in US and CA. Money raised from the shops are given to MCC “where needed most.” She showed pictures of money that helped people around the world have clean water filters, improve agriculture, receive relief kits, go to school, learn about peace, and more.

Check out the
National MCC Thrift Shops
website!! http://thrift.mcc.org/

“Every purchase at an MCC Thrift Shop, like Abundant Blessings, is a gift to the world.” –Linda Geissinger.

After prayer, we headed to Abundant Blessings Thrift Shop.

We received a nice tour of the shop before giving our time. It was amazing to see all the “back room” areas of the shop. There was well-organized storage, sinks to clean house wares, a shoe area, room for sorting toys, racks of clothing on wheels ready to be priced, a washer and dryer, quilt in a frame to be quilted, bins to sort holiday decorations, and so much more!



Some ladies priced stuffed animals, priced purses, cleaned toys, priced material, salvaged old jeans, priced baskets, and sorted clothing. All the items were donated by generous individuals!

And we saw first hand
that Abundant Blessings

could not

be the blessing it is without….

Volunteers Like You!