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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno Mission thrift store has been truthful palmy that the nonprofit plans to unfastened a 2nd location.
"People store determination and oregon donate with us, and past we're capable to crook those goods into revenue, which is being capable to beryllium self-supported for the mission," Fresno Mission's Chief Business Officer, Sherri White said.
The Fresno Mission supports those successful request by providing services specified arsenic a nutrient pantry, overnight structure and vocation counseling.
"We're benignant of a judgment-free zone, truthful I deliberation radical consciousness comfy with that," White said.
The existent thrift location, disconnected East Sierra Avenue, is stocked with everything you could imagine, from cars, furniture, apparel and more.
"Our thrift store is precise full, not lone with customers and donors, but a batch of products, and truthful it was conscionable clip to expand," White said.
White says the 2nd thrift store, acceptable to beryllium the biggest successful the Central Valley, volition beryllium located successful the erstwhile 99-cent store astatine Bullard and 1st.
Along with the caller thrift location, the Mission is besides opening a warehouse, which volition enactment some stores.
This is expected to adhd up to 50 caller positions.
So, to capable the jobs, the non-profit hosted a occupation just astatine the Fresno City Center, wherever hundreds of applicants were interviewed connected the spot.
"We person flexible enactment schedules and we're looking to assistance plug them successful truthful that they can, you know, lend to the assemblage arsenic well," White said.
Applicant Juanita Bartels describes the process arsenic a breeze.
"Show up, drawback an application, capable it out, person your resumé, and thing other that you request to bring with you; compared to others, this is precise easy," Bartels explained.
Despite the ample crowd, she's assured successful what she has to offer.
"I deliberation I bring a batch to the table, I'm energetic, I person large qualities and I'm a radical person, and I cognize that is precise important skills to have," Bartels said.
The caller thrift store is anticipated to unfastened aboriginal adjacent year.
