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Firisfice Bczebecage

E-SEASON
FIREPLACE
SALE
FIREPLACE GLASS DOORS

installation
available

GLOFIRE GLASSTECH
$ 99 97-
1
O.D. SIZES; 31 X 25,
37 X 24,37 X 25 37 X 28,
42X25,48X28 &48X31
FINISHES; SATIN
BLACK, ANTIQUE BRASS,

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dred of the country's largest cor- adding 4,000 square feet — the
porations gave $1.5 billion to unclaimed clothing is that much
charity last year, The Chronicle more cumbersome. If they didn't
have to hold onto the ex-
reported.
tras, Mr. Snyder said,
Robert Rubin
Some companies, like
Huntington Cleaners in (second fro m right) they could make a dona-
and his c rew at
tion every day.
Huntington Woods, like
Invest aid.
As it is, Huntington
to see the impact of
Cleaners plans to make
their giving, inside and
a donation to HAVEN annually.
outside.
"Here's an opportunity where
Not only do co-owners Jeff
Snyder and Wayne Wudyka of- you can get that immediacy
fer college tuition to employees back," Mr. Snyder said.
While they're clearing out the
who work at least 30 hours in the
store, but they are finding new flotsam and jetsam of forgetful
backs for clothing customers and/or indifferent customers,
Guys N' Gals in West Bloomfield
leave behind.
Recycling to Rebuild Lives is welcomes the odds and mostly
a program through which Mr. the ends.
For the past 7 years, the Or-
Snyder and Mr. Wudyka donate
surplus clothing to HAVEN, an chard Mall store has held the an-
Oakland County shelter for nual "Zip Up," a day-long event
abused women and children. in which customers receive a 50-
Earlier this month, they hauled percent discount on new jeans in
exchange for a donation of an old
two truckloads to the shelter.
"One of the women at HAVEN pair. The old jeans are in turn do-
said that when she got thrown nated to the New Bethel Baptist
out of her house, she had noth- Outreach Ministry in Pbntiac,
ing. She said to us, 'You have no which serves the homeless. -
According to a 1994 survey by
idea what type of impact you're
making.' And we don't, you United Way of Oakland County,
know?" Mr. Snyder said. Mr. the number of people without
Snyder, a 49-year-old West homes jumped to 5,961 in 1994,
Bloomfield resident who bought a 22.2 percent increase from
Huntington Cleaners with Mr. 1993.
Last year, Guys N' Gals col-
Wudyka 41/2 years ago, said his
family always gave their castoffs lected 500 pairs in a day, in ad-
to National Council of Jewish dition to other clothing items and
appliances customers uncovered
Women or the Junior League.
"When [the program] was en route to searching for un-
brought to our attention, we wanted dungarees.
"We are not there that day to
thought this was something
where we could physically see an make a penny. All the jeans are
impact on somebody rather than half off; they're sold for what we
dropping off [the clothing] and paid for them," said owner Lois
saying, `Thank you for the de- Levenson, a longtime volunteer
for organizations like Hospice of
duction,"' he said.
By law, dry cleaners are re- Southeastern Michigan and City
quired to attempt contact with of Hope.
She explained that "Zip Up" is
the clothing's owners after 30
days. Huntington Cleaners gen- held in June because that's when
erally holds onto its unclaimed most people forget there are oth-
items for six to nine months be- ers without four walls around
them and a roof over their head.
fore giving it away.
"You'd think everybody would And it's not just drug addicts and
pick up their items. Some are alcoholics, she pointed out.
"It's people who lose their jobs,
thrown into jail, they move, their
phone number's unlisted. It gets too. We live in an affluent com-
to be pretty cumbersome to hold munity, but you never know
onto clothes. From what we un- when it's going to happen to your
derstand, there's a tremendous neighbor. We've met people that
need, more so than is being pub- you'd never expect to be home-
less," Ms. Levenson said.
licized," Mr. Snyder said.
Since they're in the middle of
an expansion — the store is WINGS page 56

installation
available

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CLOSED SATURDAY / Sunday 10 am-6 pm--SALE ENDS 8-29-96

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