Giving season: Op-shops strain as donations mount after Christmas

Alex Blain
Updated January 14 2022 - 3:02pm, first published January 13 2022 - 7:00pm
GOOD WILL: Horsham Salvation Army captain Chris Sutton said that donations had increased throughout the pandemic. Picture: ALEX BLAIN
GOOD WILL: Horsham Salvation Army captain Chris Sutton said that donations had increased throughout the pandemic. Picture: ALEX BLAIN

Each year after Christmas, op shops and thrift stores see a deluge in donations, which often means staff can be stretched thin.

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Alex Blain

Alex Blain

Journalist

I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.

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