Shake, Restore, and Mingle

GiveBackGirls
May 4
2 min read

There is one type of shopping experience that can get me thinking creatively while inspiring me in so many ways. I absolutely love thrifting! For those of you new to this, it’s shopping at thrift stores, secondhand shops, and consignment stores. Give Back Girl (GBG), Michelle was delighted to find out about a secondhand shop in Wallingford, named Restore, that benefits, Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is on the Give Back Girls agenda in July. Stay tuned. Michelle told the group about Restore and the plans began.

The girls spring cleaned out a couple of their closets, Arlene hit her attic for a quick weed out, and Sue delivered a truckload! Susan, from Blanket Blessings, also donated some treasures.

We decided to make a day of it. While Sue made a separate trip, Michelle and I planned one Saturday to drop off our loot, stop for a shamrock shake, and meet the girls later.

GBG Michelle and Arlene with Allison from Restore

We met up at Restore where Alison greeted us enthusiastically while organizing some volunteers to unload our cars.

Our contributions were already hitting the shelves and being scooped up by shoppers as Michelle and I looked for our own treasures to take home. We each purchased pretty glassware to give as hostess gifts later that evening. Hunting for the perfect item is really the fun when thrifting.

We headed out with our bag of goodies and into the next stop. Shamrock shakes! So why shamrock shakes?? Participating (the operative word) McDonalds were sponsoring a fundraiser to benefit Ronald McDonald House. A whopping .25 of each 5.00 shake goes to benefit families of sick children. We wanted to give our fifty cents while while encouraging others to do the same on social media. Anyway it was a challenge.

We stopped at the Wallingford McDonalds excited to get our green treat! After fetching a supervisor, we were told they were not participating! Several Google searches later we were ready to give up and then Michelle mustered her Give Back Girl attitude and called Ronald McDonald House!

She was told that all the McDonalds were part of the fundraiser except Wallingford! Back in the car and 15 minutes later we were sipping in our shamrock shakes. We decided next year we will mail a check to the organization instead!