On Saturday, May 15, well over a dozen energetic community volunteers loaded trailer after trailer with the merchandise and fixtures from the Mission Possible thrift store on the square in Grant City. Destination – our new home at 108 E. 1st Street, behind HyVee, which has been undergoing complete renovation for the last year.
Among those volunteers were several of the women who can be seen every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the thrift store preparing new donations for sale and assisting customers with their purchases. For the last two weeks, in addition to their normal tasks, these busy ladies have been organizing, hanging, and boxing everything that needed to be moved.
The intensive work is not over yet. Mission Possible will be closed for two weeks to provide time for setting up both the work areas and the retail space in the new store. During this transition time, we ask that the public delay bringing in merchandise donations in order to give our volunteers time to catch their collective breath and get organized.
May 28 is the scheduled Grand Opening of the Mission Possible thrift store. We hope that both our old friends and curious new customers will visit us that Memorial Day weekend, and in the weeks after, to check out our great new look.
The Mission Possible food pantry has been operating at the new 1st Street location for the last several weeks. Door to door access, ground level entry, and dedicated parking will make our new building a safer and more accessible location for all our clients and customers.
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