University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 24, 1991
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Thrift store to help veterans
Proceeds will benefit Disabled American Veterans fund
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kansan staff writer
A new thrift store that benefits
disability veterans opened in
Lawrence this year.
The Disabled American Veterans
Thrift Store, 1601 W. 23rd St., suite
116, is a community operation, said
Jersey Jerry Conway, store manager
"Proceeds from the store are designed to help Kansas veterans and designed to help Kansas veterans."
John Hill co-operating officer, said the non-profit store was owned and operated by the state office of Disabled American Veterans.
"The money from the store goes into the state fund for disabled veterans."
98,000 disabled veterans in Kansas.
98,000 disabled veterans in Kansas. The store opened without fanfare April 5. Hill said. There will be a grand opening in a few weeks.
The money will go specifically to provide for the rehabilitation and welfare of disabled Kansas veterans. They dependents and survivors, he said.
Hill said the Disabled American Veterans of Kansas had been trying to open a thrift store in Lawrence for victims of homelessness and successful because of zoning problems.
Now that the store is open, it will benefit Lawrence because its merchandise will stay in the community, said. The goods will stay in the area.
The store also will benefit
Lawrence by employing 12 to 14 people from the community, he said. A disabled Vietnam veteran is working for the store and, if possible, the store will hire more veterans.
The store deals mainly in clothing, he said, but it will take any usable merchandise such as furniture, lawn chairs, working tools and working appliances.
Charlotte Dart, Lawrence resident, donated dishes, furniture, books and records to the store. She said she donated the items because the store would pick up her donations anytime, but she did not have to be left on the curb.
"I don't know any disabled veterans," she said. "But I like donating to their store."
Charlotte Dart helps David Curtiss load donated books and games onto the D.A.V. delivery truck.
RIGHT: Edward Craig puts shades on the store's windows.
Photos by Michelle Myers
Veterans Edward Craig and David Curtiss set up a clothes rack in the store.
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