relationship with the Society of ….

relationship with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store at 2750 Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach. And it’s only a 14-minute drive from LW.

The store will take a myriad of items large and small, including bikes, from Leisure World.

The complete list of items that can be donated can be found at svdp.org/donate/donation-ofgoods/.

Jackie was elated, even more so, when I retrieved the bike and loaded it back into her car for the short journey. She even agreed to pose for a picture in the hope that others will follow her example.

One more benefit of her reconsidering dumping her bike is that dumpster divers who frequent the bins looking for items to sell made their rounds just after she had gone. And, to my glee, they left frustrated.

Let’s all follow Jackie’s great example and take our usable items, especially large furniture, to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store or call its donation number (800) 974-3571. Recycle, save the environment, reduce trash costs is a triple play of win, win, win.