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Then [Leroy Fisher] points to three thick black laptops sitting neatly in a row on the tables. "This is all set up, too," he says proudly, as he looks over the ree center's first ad hoc computer lab. "We're doing everything we can to keep the kids engaged. Oh, she's humble, like 'I'm just from the Dominic Republic, I'm just a smallbusiness owner,' but she gets it done," he says, kicking back in a chair in front of a deli case. This area used to be one of the worst, the most sinister," she says, gesturing outside. "From my experience in Philadelphia-and I've been here a long time- it's a big difference ... I can really say that I have no problem coming down here at night. Like Thanksgiving, a lot of people came from outside the four-block area, that shows that we're doing all right."
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Their mission, and they chose to accept it, was to find a back- to-school outfit at a local thrift store that would cost no more than $12, and suit their styles and their schools' dress codes. These four teens all ended up at three area Goodwill stores and they successfully completed the assignment.
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BALTIMORE A Goodwill thrift store wasnt exactly Nicole Belcastros ideal place for a shopping spree, so she was reluctant to join her mother on a recent trip. But the 23-year-old stay-at-home mom had a different attitude after she nabbed a pair of black leather Nine West boots for $4. At a mall, she might have paid $100 for the same boots new. They have a lot of good deals, Belcastro said at a Goodwill in Perry Hall in Baltimore County. I was surprised, especially for a Goodwill. I didnt think theyd have anything except junk. Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake says it can change a lot more shoppers minds also. The nonprofit social services organization recently launched an advertising campaign to fashion itself as a discount clothier of choice at a time when discount clothiers in gen...
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The Tri-State Food Bank receives a wide variety of items to help feed the area's hungry each year, but good quality meat, especially in large amounts, is harder to come by. So the staff at the Evansville-based operation - which serves 250 feeding programs in 33 counties - was especially grateful to receive nearly 500 pounds of venison from area hunters Tuesday.
