Tag Archives: Cornucopia Thrift Store

Canuks end Summer with a Triple Play

The last summer servant event of 2011 was made up of 22 Canadians! School starts later there, so mid-August is the perfect time for Bethel Lutheran Church in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, to serve in partnership with YLM. The sheer size and skill level of their group led us to plan 3 projects for them: [...]

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An Important First Step

As we here at Ysleta Lutheran Mission press on toward our goal of moving the Cornucopia Thrift Store into building #4, destroyed by fire in April 2009, re-roofing the entire building is an important first step. It’s an important first step that can now be checked off the list thanks to the Mission Mexico servant [...]

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A Stitch in Time…

…will help keep someone warm this coming winter! Snowbird servant Kathy Zeeck of Springfield, IL, lovingly created and then donated the quilt in the photo below from items in the free bin at YLM’s very own Cornucopia Thrift Store–2 skirts and 2 bed sheets. Program Manager Elvira Viramontes commented, “I thought it was amazing what [...]

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