Thrift store at Peach Creek Baptist Church celebrates re-opening

Thrifty Peach thrift shop volunteers work together as a team to put clothes on hangers to be added to new clothing racks; price items; and sort CDs, DVDs and video cassettes as they prepare for the opening of the shop for the first time since all of the inventory and the building was destroyed by arsonists in July 2008.


By JENNIFER SUMMER
Updated: 09.23.09
After a fire set by vandals destroyed the interior of the annex building where the Thrifty Peach thrift store was located, volunteers are working hard to put it all together again.

The building and all of the clothing, home decor items, accessories and furniture in the store were destroyed in the fire in July 2008 at Peach Creek Baptist Church.

The Thrifty Peach still collected items after the fire and will re-open at the beginning of October in a much larger space than they had previously.

“The fire burned the whole building we were located in and it consisted of five different rooms. They gutted the first floor and built this from the floor up so we can have enough room for customers to shop our items,” Bonnie Langston said.

The group of volunteers started working Sept. 7 to assemble clothing racks, more shelves, a peg board where their purses and accessories can be displayed, and place all of their items they have had donated throughout the new Thrifty Peach.

There will be a grand opening celebration Oct. 1, 2 and 3 and the community is invited to join them.

“We are very excited to have the Thrifty Peach open again and we have all worked very hard to have the shop open again. The fire helped to unite all of the ladies as we have all gathered to work, as a team to put everything back together,” Langston said.

The fire was almost a blessing in disguise for the church. The Thrifty Peach now has more space and the church’s insurance was able to pay for the damages and pay everything off on their buildings.

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