December 2, 2015
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Submitted photo Children from the Honduran orphanage wearing clothes from United Volunteers thrift store in O’Fallon. There are 18 orphans at House of Joy in Santa Ana Altantida in Honduras with some stricken with downs syndrome, HIV, and homelessness. Pictured with the children is Rina Santos.
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Donations from United Volunteers help clothe children in Honduras By Brett Auten Daniel Lockett referred to them as, ‘angels’. For Angie Arnold, it was just another busy week. Lockett, a recent transplant to O’Fallon, was prepping for one of his two trips a year to Honduras, where he volunteers at an orphanage. Lockett was making repeated stops at United Volunteers, located at 210 Sondren Street in O’Fallon, to plow through summer clothes for the youths at the House of Joy orphanage. Lockett was buying clothes at United Volunteers so often the question finally came up. “They finally asked, just how many kids do you have,” Lockett said. “I told them I do, but there’s 18 of them and they live in Honduras.” As soon as the words fell out of his mouth, Lockett was bestowed ample selections from the store, all free of charge. “I bet they gave me 150-pounds in summer clothes,” Lockett said. “For a hot country, it is great to be able to
bring summer clothing that is in beautiful shape.” There are 18 orphans at House of Joy in Santa Ana Altantida in Honduras with some stricken with downs syndrome, HIV, and homelessness. “They are throwaway children,” Lockett said. “They have survived drug addiction, starvation and thanks to places like United Volunteers, their struggle is a little bit easier.” Arnold is the store manager at United Volunteers and has been at the O’Fallon location for 15 years. Donations like the one made to Lockett are all part of the process. “We donated several items last week,” Arnold said. “They were doing a dinner for the homeless and we provided some hats, scarfs and blankets. We have several charities that come in.” United Volunteers accepts donations from all across the St. Louis area. They pride their stores on containing the best second-hand merchandise in the city. In addition to a wide selection of clothing items, they carry all sorts of
household goods from decorations to major appliances, DVDs to entertainment centers. “These clothes are treasured coming from the U.S. Thanks to the people from St. Charles County for making See HONDURAS on page 2
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