Thrift shop volunteers look for treasure among thousands of donations
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — As a volunteer at TurnStyles, the thrift store of Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas in Overland Park, Tom White is on the hunt for donated items that prove the old adage: "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
As a member of its elite eBay team, in fact, the parishioner at Holy Spirit Church in Overland Park has been trained to recycle that donated "trash" into the "treasure" that will keep Catholic Charities programs rolling — with a little help from cyberspace shoppers.
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