Thrift store "steals" take on new meaning as hundreds of dollars of items are stolen from SAMA porch

What happens to the town of Stockton when items left on the porch of the Stockton Area Ministerial Alliance (SAMA) are taken? The community loses. SAMA is staffed with volunteers who work hours and hours sorting and pricing items. They lift heavy furniture; they sort clothing; they organize and separate. All work is volunteer; each year, thousands of dollars go back into the Stockton community in several ways. Yet, some people who could get a tremendous bargain from walking inside the store and paying a pittance of what it is worth never get that opportunity. And an incalculable amount of money does not go back into the community. Why? Because others have stolen it.

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Pat Hindman , Jacob Haught , Joan Earhart , Stockton Area Ministerial Alliance , Cedar County Republican ,