“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?” – Christopher Paolini Donations are unpredictable by nature. Sometimes they come in waves. “This month we had an unusually large number of cookbooks donated,” said Caron Cooper, the Community Closet’s founder and CEO. Within days, the cookbooks were overflowing their designated space in the thrift store’s large book section. After all, there’s only

Patagonia lovers, rejoice. The Community Closet’s annual Patagonia sale starts Saturday. And this year’s sale is bigger and better than ever before. “We save all the Patagonia items that are donated throughout the year for the February sale and this year we collected 50 boxes,” said Caron Cooper, president and CEO of the Community Closet, adding that the thrift stories spreading the sale out over the four Saturdays in February. “Each Saturday we’ll put out the new contents of