In desperate need
Truro charity shop given three months to vacate building
The Salvation Army thrift shop is in search of new digs. Employees of the charity shop were recently given three months to vacate their current site on Arthur Street.
Truro, N.s.
The Salvation Army is being forced to move their thrift shop and representatives are anxiously searching for new quarters.
Employees at the Salvation Army were recently told they had three months to vacate the building.
“We’re in desperate need of a location,” said Lieutenant Sarah Braye. “Our thrift shop is very important. Funds from it provide funding for programs and support to the community. The only other major fundraising area we have is the (Christmas) kettles.
“We also give clothing and other items to fire victims, to help them get a new start, and we give clothing to the homeless.”
The shop had been on Forrester Street for several years, but relocated to the Halliday’s building on Arthur Street in November 2016. Since the move, donations and sales have increased, meaning more people are and “We’ve helped.had contactedbeen doing the very owner well of the building about expanding,” said Braye. “A few days ago we had to meet with the owner, and we were hoping he was going to tell us we could expand, but instead he told us we had to be out in three months. We weren’t given any reason.”
She said she’s spoken to other tenants in the building and nonethey wouldof them have haveto leave. been told Vic Yeadon, who owns the building, said it hasn’t been sold yet but that things are “in a state of flux” and he couldn’t say much about the situation at this time. The Salvation Army representatives would be pleased to hear from anyone who has a location where they could move the thrift shop.