Opening of new thrift store in Calgary being called a ‘win, win, win’ - BERITAJA

For the first clip ever, the Calgary-based Women In Need Society has opened 1 of its thrift stores connected a post-secondary campus.

There were cheers and smiles from dozens of group who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremonial for the caller store, located connected the southbound field of Bow Valley College, Wednesday morning.

On the aboveground it looks for illustration immoderate different thrift shop successful the city, but those who made the business hap opportunity it is truthful overmuch more.

“I deliberation (it) is simply a win, win, triumph — pardon the pun,” said Bart Chudleigh, Dean of the Chiu School of Business astatine Bow Valley College.

The business will spot students chiefly from business disciplines astatine the schoolhouse negociate and run the Bow Valley location.

“For our students, it’s really each facet of moving a business, from proviso chain, marketing, accounting — truthful galore of the specializations that we person astatine the Chiu School of Business are foundational to what WINS already does,” said Chudley.

“Being connected field is innovative and different successful the truth that we’ll beryllium moving pinch Bow Valley connected work-integrated learning programs,” added WINS president and CEO,  Karen Ramchuk.

While the shop will use business students pinch their studies and activity placements, the benefits will widen to immoderate student connected field who needs it.

“The proceeds from this shop will support qualified students for free — basal needs from WINS’ location to location program,” Ramchuk added.

“Students that request thief will spell to student services and inquire for support and they’ll get a referral to immoderate WINS location, not conscionable this one. They could get immoderate they request successful position of clothing, furnishings and housewares truthful they could group up a safe location situation truthful they could study.”

The action wrong the shop comes from WINS’ 30,000-square-foot aid centre successful Calgary and is stocked based connected demographics of the school, including a caller shipment of cleanable scrubs from a closed spa that was sent to the shop for students successful aesculapian disciplines.

It besides stocks immoderate small  family items and master clothing, truthful students connected a fund who request master clothing for interviews aliases practicum placements person options.

While the action and assortment are excellent, they are besides exclusive because this WINS shop is only for usage by students and unit astatine Bow Valley College.