ReTails thrift shop is a non-profit store that works to raise money for the Humane Society of Statesboro and Bulloch county. ReTails manager Kristy Garrigus explained all that the thrift store does on a day to day basis.
“Everything we do is donated items that come in, we process them, price them, everything we need to do,” Garrigus said. “Then we get them out on the floor. Everything over our operating costs goes directly to the Humane Society.”
Funds from ReTails help to cover expenses like vet bills, spay and neuter vouchers for underprivileged families, and supplies for fosters.
“We’re, last year, made $148,000 and of that I would say probably about 80-90 thousand dollars went to the humane society,” Garrigus said.
Money from ReTails also helps to fund the Humane Society’s trap neuter and release, or TNR, program. This program is especially important when it comes to reducing the overpopulation of stray cats in the area.
“We provide traps to the public, they come and get the traps and go to areas that have feral cats,” Garrigus said. “They trap them and we use Fixing the Boro, they get them spayed and neutered and we cover the cost. Then, um, they get re-released. So that’s why it is called trap, neuter, release because they are re-released in the area.”
Kristy’s father, along with a local Catholic priest, founded the first Humane Society in Statesboro when she was a child. Since then animal rescue has been in her blood. She says the feeling she gets from seeing another animal saved is hard to describe.
“That kinda just makes me feel proud, but just, it’s a level of happiness, you know,” Garrigus said. “Cause that’s one animal that’s saved. That’s one animal that has a good home”
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