By Southern Torch Staff
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The Children’s Advocacy Center Thrift Store grand opening is set for Friday, November 8. The store is located at 220 Gault Avenue in downtown Fort Payne next to Fort Payne Footworks.
Store hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
In between appointments with children for therapy and supervised visits, the staff have been busy building display fixtures, organizing and stocking inventory, as well as giving the interior walls of the facility a fresh coat of paint. Merchandise includes furniture, clothes, children’s toys, holiday accessories, and much more.
The Thrift Store is another endeavor to help fund the programs of the Children’s Advocacy Center. The CAC is in its 26th year of providing free services to abused and at-risk children. Services include: forensic interviews, therapy for child abuse victims, school-based therapy for at-risk students, child abuse awareness presentations in schools, and parent education. Supervised visitation, nurturing parenting classes, and safe exchange services take place at the CAC’s second facility known as The Gathering Place.
The CAC is accepting donations for the Thrift Store. For more information, you may call the CAC at 256-997-9700; Michelle Ibsen, Gathering Place Program Coordinator, at 256-979-1952, or Kelly Moses, CAC Marketing Coordinator, at 850-499-4634.
The CAC is a non-profit, 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) organization.