National Thrift Shop Day 2024 is on Saturday, August 17, 2024: Where can i consignment shop on line In Need Of Prom Dresses To Donate.?
Saturday, August 17, 2024 is National Thrift Shop Day 2024. Happy National Thrift Store Day! National Thrift Store Day!
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Not online, no. Visit your local Goodwill and other charitable thrift stores.
What do Jehovah's Ws children do at school during Valentines Day?
Don't forget without such legalistic, talmudic rules of conduct, they would not be able to harp on how they are more Christ-like, they practice 'the true' religion.
So they become just like the Sadducee's and Pharisee's of Jesus day who look for tiny infractions of the law instead of fulfilling the greatest commandments of Jesus sermon on the mount.
Become a Jehovah's Witness and you can't...
Celebrate Mother's Day
Celebrate Father's Day
Celebrate Grandparent's Day
Celebrate Birthdays
Celebrate Thanksgiving
Celebrate New Year's Eve or Day
Celebrate Christmas
Celebrate Halloween
Celebrate Easter
Celebrate Flag Day
Celebrate Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Celebrate Hanukkah
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Celebrate Valentine's Day
Celebrate "Any" Holiday
Sing any Holiday Songs
Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving
Create Holiday artwork in school
Join the Boy Scouts
Join the Girl Scouts
Buy Girl Scout Cookies
Become a Cheerleader
Attend class reunions (No "Worldly" association)
Go to the school prom
Play School Sports (No competition allowed)
Play Professional Sports
Join any organization that has ties to Christianity
Shop at the Salvation Army
Volunteer for the Salvation Army
Donate to Relief Organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Charities and more
Shop at Church run thrift stores
Shop at Church Garage Sales
Shop at any Store that has Christian ties
Contribute to the Red Cross
Attend a Church School
Join the YMCA
Join or work for the Military ( work on military bases such as in the PX or clean homes on military bases)
Become a Police Officer
Attend Alcoholics Anonymous
Have any job with a gun
Strike against a Company
Salute the Flag
Sing the National Anthem
Go to War
Wear Clothing Associated with War; e.g. Combats or Army Tops
Work in the United Nations building
Karate - no martial arts of any kind
Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be ostracized if you do)
Run for any Public Office
Campaign for a Candidate
Contribute to the Presidential Campaign Fund on your tax return
Can join union, but not participate in its affairs
Run for class president
Join Sororities or Fraternities
Participate in holiday parties at school
Buy lottery tickets
Gamble
Play Bingo
Can't buy a raffle ticket
Date without supervision - young or old
Date unless you are planning to marry them
Watch R rated movies
Cannot work on another Church
Own a religious picture or statue
Smoke cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
Accept Blood
Donate Blood
Store your own blood before an operation
Eat blood sausages or sausages with "plasma" in ingredients
Use fertilizes in your garden which has blood products in them
Wear blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall
Wear pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female
Wear skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time
Wear any type of long hair if you are a man
Wear a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard)
Pierce ears if male, other body parts if female
Have any tattoos
Say curse words
Can't be hypnotized
Get divorced unless scriptural (adultery or fornication is committed by one partner) if you do divorce cannot remarry unless ex fornicates first
Toast drinks (pagan origin)
Throw rice at a wedding (pagan origin)
Say "Bless You" when someone sneezes
Say "Good Luck!", "Wish me Luck", "I was Lucky" or "You were Lucky"
Tell ghost stories
Practice Yoga
Own a Smurf
Eat Lucky Charms Cereal (References to Magical)
Throw a penny into a wishing well
Read Horoscopes
Promote anything Superstitious
Have wind charms because they represent a pagan symbol for scaring away demons
Watch "Magic" acts or do "Magic" tricks
See a Medium or Fortune Teller
Watch TV Shows or Movies, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Touched by an Angel", "Bewitched" , "Harry Potter", any Occult type shows
Listen to certain classical music, like Shubert's Avé Maria. (Mary worship)
Have ethnic decorative items in the house like Tikis or African masks
Say "It was fate" or mention anything to do with "fate"
Engage in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding
Have Jesus as your Mediator and Savior
Can't partake in the Memorial of Jesus' death, by eating the unleavened bread or drinking the wine; only allowed if you are from the elite group of the 144,000
A woman can't hold a position of responsibility in the congregation
Wear or own a Cross
Attend another Church (Spiritual Fornication)
Have unauthorized Bible study groups
Associate on a regular basis with nonbelievers
Associate with ex-members
Associate with disfellowshipped ones
Talk with disfellowshipped ones
Sue another Jehovah's Witness
Marry a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation)
Marry in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church
Have a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church
Pray, including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays
Study other religious articles not from the Society
Read negative information about the Society
Question the Watchtower Society on anything
Exercise your on conscience if it goes against the religion
Question the Society or the Organization
Have Christian freedom
Some individual jw may claim that their own conscience may allow one or two of the above activities, but overall the list is representitive of their beliefs. Talmudic to say the least.
Gay charity?
I quick search found the below information. If you give to a non profit and they don't give you enough information then ask for more if they still don't, then don't donate, but the below info sounds good to me. I think there are many GLBT non-profit orgs that can benefit from something like this and I wish there was one like it near me. Also being a non-profit, I believe their financials are public record. I don't see anything wrong with this at all unless only a small percentage goes to grants and awards. And it seems like they have given out a lot of money. How is this any different than the cancer society or a church or goodwill, except the grants and awards are made to help the GLBT community? :
Diversity Thrift Shop is the principal fund-raising organization of the Richmond Gay Community Foundation in Richmond, Virigina. The shop is located at 1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Donations are accepted during regular shop hours or by calling ahead at 804-353-8890. The manager of Diversity Thrift is Jon Klein.
The Richmond Gay Community Foundation (RGCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission is to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people through funding and education. Grants are awarded twice a year. RGCF opened Diversity Thrift on August 5, 2000. In its first 9 months of operation, RGCF awarded nearly $100,000 in grants to organizations benefiting the LGBT community. Grant application deadlines are April 30 and October 31 each year. Announcements of grants and awards are made within 45 days of the application deadlines.
A large display located at the front of Diversity Thrift informs patrons of the distribution of the grants and donations. The display is on a rainbow background, which is both a Diversity Thrift logo and a symbol of the gay community.
Funds are normally restricted to organizations based in Central Virginia. Exceptions are sometimes made. A grant was made to fund the Jim Ricketson Memorial Library and the Roanoke 7 following the Backstreet Bar shooting in Roanoke in 2001.
Diversity Thrift was founded by Jon Klein, MSW. Jon is also the founder and former executive director of both the Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth (ROSMY) and the Richmond Street Outreach Project.
Community Grants and Awards
2003 Spring Grants
Equality Virginia Education Fund was awarded $9,500 to create an "Online Action Center." This is an "online interactive grassroots networking and education tool that will dramatically change and improve the ability of EV and its members to effectively lobby Virginia legislators."
Fan Free Clinic received $5,000 to partially fund the salary and benefits of a HIV/AIDS Case Manager.
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation was given $5,000 for a Lesbian Outreach Project to educate the Richmond area lesbian community about lesbian health issues, especially breast cancer.
GLSEN-Richmond, a local chapter of the National Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, received $4,600 to support Gay/Straight Alliances in area schools.
Richmond Triangle Players was awarded $3,500 for capital improvements and renovations to its theatre space.
Transformation Retreats, which provides "a safe and hospitable place where individuals living with HIV/AIDS may gather for support, education and community," received $2,400.
From this 6-month cycle, Diversity Thrift awarded $30,000 in grant money to organizations providing programs and services to benefit the LGBT community, bringing the total grant money awarded since August, 2000 to $248,608.
Building Fund
From profits generated over the past six months (11/1/02 - 4/30/03), Diversity Thrift designated $68,326 as seed money for a LGBT community center, bringing the total in this building fund to $98,326.
2003 Spring Awards
Over the past six months, $18,213 in awards were given, raising the total amount of donations given since August, 2000 to $50,109.
Compassionate Action for Animals
Fan Free Clinic
GLSEN
Maggie L. Walker Governor School Gay/Straight Alliance
Hillside Boys & Girls Club
Metropolitan Community Church
New Beginnings Christian Church
PFLAG, Richmond Invitational Bowling Tournament
Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth Richmond
Queer Space Project
Soulforce
Transformation Retreats
VCU School of Social Work
Vegan Action