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1313. The Salvation Army (4/5)

The Salvation Army is a purely public welfare organization. Everything depends on volunteers and donations, including store doormen and goods inside. Although these people are core members of the Salvation Army, they still belong to volunteers and they have no salary.

In this regard, Wang Bo's praise is not an exaggeration. These people are really proletarian revolutionary soldiers. They joined the Salvation Army simply to help those in need of rescue.

After hearing Wang Bo's words, Krell was overjoyed and quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you, Mayor Wang, your actions are also worthy of our admiration. We will be colleagues in the future."

Wang Bo shook hands with him with a smile, and then thought in his heart that he had many identities now, including Stubborn Bull Club, Quinoa Association, etc., and now there is an additional member of the Savior Army.

He joined the Salvation Army and did not have much to offer. He just needed to rent a door-to-door house for free and let them use it in a second-hand store.

There are no second-hand shops in Sunset Town, but there are many tourists here. If there are too many tourists, it means that there will be more second-hand items. Many things are temporarily purchased by tourists. When they leave, they will only take away the most important things and throw them away if they can't take them.

With the Savior Army second-hand store, at least this waste can be used.

Any Savior Army second-hand store can accept commodities donated by the public at any time, whether new or old, but it is necessary to keep them clean. If it is a functional commodity, such as toys, appliances, tools, computers, etc., you also need to find as many original accessories as possible to facilitate others' use.

Wang Bo personally chose a house that happened to expire in the center of the town. He refused the owner's lease renewal and handed over the house to the Savior Army.

The name of the Salvation Army second-hand goods store is Safs, which is the abbreviation of the salvationarmyfa fan lystores. The sign is very obvious, and the red shield logo contains the words "thesalvationarmy".

The staff in the store also have uniform dresses, with shield-shaped logos on their chests. These staff are all volunteers, and they still need to pay for their own money to buy the clothes.

The store does not require renovation. The Salvation Army's operating creed is to hand over every penny to those who need it the most. The money spent on renovation can, in their opinion, help at least one difficult family.

However, the store itself has been decorated, so it is not shy to use directly.

There are also second-hand Salvation Army stores in the neighboring town of Louis. There are shelves in their warehouse. Wang Bo asked Motak to drive the shelves in a Ford pickup truck and then start cleaning up the store.

Just as the Salvation Army is willing to accept any useful second-hand items but must be clean and useful, their stores may not be decorated, but must be kept hygienic, and always pay attention to the neatness and order of the items.

When the shelves arrived, the Salvation Army needed to recruit volunteers locally. As the mayor, Wang Bo should take the lead in this regard. As soon as he didn't have much work at hand, he went to help.

After Eva learned about it, she brought the little loli to help, and she wanted to cultivate her sister's correct outlook on life and values, so she actively joined the Savior Army.

In addition, Hani, Uncle Bing, Bowen, Charlie and others followed and joined in, so they were the first volunteers to come to work.

Wang Bo and his subordinates sorted out the containers and shelves in an orderly manner, and then several Savior Army second-hand stores around him delivered some goods, mainly audio-visual products, old clothes, second-hand sunglasses and second-hand mp3s.

These things are tempting to tourists and can be sold better.

The backbone of the Salvation Army stayed in Sunset Town for a few days and brought them to familiarize themselves with the process of the job. The most important thing was to classify the goods.

Because classification involves the issue of inventory entry, commodity inventory involves the final fiscal revenue.

The donations accepted by the Savior Army second-hand stores mainly include eight major categories: old clothes, old furniture, home supplies, books, toys, audio-visual products, fashion products, and handicrafts.

As soon as the store opened, someone came to the door. Wang Bo was very happy to receive it. A couple brought two large cardboard boxes and said, "We have some useless second-hand items here, hoping to give them to those in need."

Lao Wang thanked him again and again, but after he opened the cardboard box, he was stunned: the box contained some clothes and newspapers, and the newspaper was half a box, which was thirty or forty kilograms.

It would be fine if you receive old newspapers in China. This thing can be sold for waste paper, but old newspapers in New Zealand cannot be sold, so they can only be treated as garbage.

There are also those second-hand clothes, all of which are dirty, and some are oily. Wang Bo picked up one and asked, "Did you bring the rag too?"

The couple knew that he was the mayor, so they spoke politely: "Oh, sorry, mayor, we forgot to clean it, or can you do it yourself? In fact, the style and quality of these clothes are very good."

Wang Bo has followed the backbone of the Savior Army to build a store in the past few days and figured out some rules of this organization. The most important point is that the Savior Army collects second-hand items to engage in charity work, rather than garbage disposal stations.

Therefore, he did not give the two face at all and said directly: "Hey, two, no matter what old items it is, as long as they are useful, the Savior Army will be willing to accept them. But please be careful, both of you, the Savior Army is not a place to throw garbage, especially big garbage, OK?"

Large garbage is bulk garbage, such as discarded refrigerators, washing machines, wood furniture, etc. These things are not allowed to be placed in the trash can, but have to wait until a specific day. The government specially arranges a cleaning car to clean up the garbage.

Generally speaking, this kind of day is only once or twice a year, so every household in New Zealand has a garage, and one of the uses is to store this kind of garbage.

After hearing his words, the couple showed an awkward expression. The man said submissively: "Okay, mayor, we have just immigrated to New Zealand and are not very clear about the rules here."

Wang Bo pushed the two boxes back and said, "If something really can't be used or is completely damaged or contaminated, please don't waste our staff's time."

Hani also came over and said dissatisfiedly: "Please respect the volunteers of the Savior Army, ok? They are a group of good people with firm beliefs, enthusiasm and love, rather than helpers who deal with the garbage for you, ok?"

"Ok! OK!" The two nodded and left in disappointment.

Seeing that Lao Wang looked ugly, Crael came over to comfort him and said, "Hi, Wang, don't be depressed. We will inevitably encounter various difficulties in our work, but the Savior Army can overcome it. Come on, I will teach you how to select items for classification."
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