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April 15, 2017

HOPE Center opens new clothing donation service

By Will Channell

Lorie Spain, Director of Compassion Ministries at the HOPE Center, shows off the organization’s new clothing service. The service is called ReStored61 and is meant to provide residents with a place they can get clothing without embarrassment.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)
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