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January declared Impact Thrift Store Month in Bucks County

By Jack Firneno
Wire Editor

From left, Commissioner Charles H. Martin, Robert G. Loughery, Chair of the Board of Commissioners, Impact Thrift’s CEO, Gray Wirth, Impact Thrift’s Director of Community Outreach, Tamika Miller, and Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia

True to its name, Impact Thrift Stores have had a positive effect on residents in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Now, as it’s officially recognized by Bucks, the chain of charity-based second-hand stores is in turn thanking those that make its own efforts possible.

Bucks County has declared January to be Impact Thrift Store Month in honor of the chain’s contributions to the community. Since starting with its first store in Hatboro in 2001, Impact has donated more than $2 million to local charities while opening locations in Montgomeryville, Norristown, and Feasterville.

The stores also provide job opportunities to residents, including those with court-ordered work and, as store president Grey Wirth put it, “people who needed second chances.”

In return, Impact reached out to fellow businesses for its Donor Appreciation Days program. From now through Feb. 7, Impact customers and donors will be entered into raffles to win gifts donated by other local businesses.

“Without our donors, we could not have the impact we do on our communities,” said Wirth.

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