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Mentally handicapped
group's relationship
to store explained

Dear Editor:

The question is often asked
about the relationship between the
North Shore Association for the
Mentally Handicapped (NSAMF)
and Value Village. We would like
to clarify this for the benefit of
North Shore residents.

A contract was signed in 1980
between the Vancouver Richmond
Association and ail Lower
Mainland mentally handicapped
associations. Under this we all
share 50 per cent of the proceeds
of the sale of items collected from
the residents of Greater Van-
couver.

Value Village is responsible for
all operating expenses, including
vehicle purchase, maintenance and
insurance, the rental and upkeep
of five stores, and the wages of
over 200 staff. In 1986 the
NSAMH received $36,000. The
total received by all Lower
Mainland mentally handicapped
associations in the same period was
in excess of $650,000.

Under a similar funding ar-
rangement the Canadian Diabetes
Association operates a store on
Victoria Drive in cooperation with
Value Village, and the Lions

Society has a like arrangement
with Scotties Thrift Village stores.

Because the mentally handi-
capped associations ‘have the
greatest number of stores to supply
and replenish, North Shore homes
are phoned approximately every
three to four weeks, whereas the
Lions Society and the Diabetes
Association phone every seven to
eight weeks.

The North Shore is considered a
priority area for all the groups who
raise funds through the collection
and sale of used items, Those of us
who live here should feel fortunate
that we are so important to the
maintenance of vital services pro-
vided by these very necessary Van-
couver charities.

There are some who criticize the
percentage return to the associa-
tions, but there are few business
people who would reject an ar-
rangement whereby they provide
no assistance, leave all the com-
plexities to someone else — and
still receive nearly 4 of a million
dollars in profit.

Ray Eagle

Resource Development
dinator,

North Shore Association for the
Mentally Handicapped

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