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Lord, I crawled across the barrennessto You with my empty cup uncertain in asking any small drop of refreshment. If only I had known You better, I'd have come running with a bucket.
Erwin Lutzer,
Failure: The Back Door to Success, p. 117
See: Eph 3:16-21; 1 Tim 1:14 |
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The Free Store is a clothing boutique that gives away clothing, accessories, towels and bedding to people in need who live in Langley and are registered clients of the Langley Food Bank. All of the clothing donations come from concerned citizens who wish to have their donation given away to the needy rather than resold for profit.
The Free Store is open for distribution every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am - 1:45pm. The Free Store has been in operation since the fall of 1987 and is staffed entirely by volunteers. Clothing distribution, sorting, assisting clients with selections and store layout are tasks that our volunteers are involved in. |
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There are currently about 400 clients registered at the Free Store and during a one year period over 25,000 items of clothing are distributed.
Objectives of the Free Store
- To provide help with client’s clothing needs, not to provide and entire wardrobe.
- To develop relational bridges to the clients so we can discover other needs they may have.
- To find ways to meet these needs whether they are physical, social or spiritual in nature
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In order to help meet these objectives, the Free Store has been set up to reflect the image of a boutique rather than a thrift store. In doing so, we show respect to our clients and they maintain their dignity while using our store. Registered clients may shop in the Free Store once per week. Quantity limits are set for all clients according to season. For instance clients are able to take more sweaters for the winter months than for the summer months for each member of the family. The Free Store does not conduct any direct fundraising activities or clothing distribution drives of any kind. |
We depend entirely on God to move in the hearts of people in the community to give clothing to the Free Store. Clothing may be dropped off during our office hours; 8:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday. |
Surplus clothing is donated to 3rd party agencies for shipment and distribution overseas. Many hundreds of large garbage bags full are sent annually to places like Pakistan, Sudan, Estonia, Guatemala, Fiji, and Haiti.
Clothing, blankets sleeping bags and footwear are also distributed weekly to the homeless as part of our 'Friday night is dinnertime' program in the Lighthouse Café.
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