Volunteers of the St. Paul’s Op Shop are calling for people of the community to stop donating unsellable mattresses and furniture at the church’s furniture shed.
The Op Shop, run exclusively by volunteers, uses the profits from the store to fund the St Paul's Anglican Church. However volunteer at the store, Chris Hinschen, believes that rising costs at the dump has led people to leave mattresses at the Op Shop’s furniture shed as a donation, but they do not accept mattresses.
The furniture shed, located directly behind St Paul’s Anglican Church, is unmanned — making it easy for the drop-offs.
The volunteer led op shop does not have the funds to take these mattresses to the dump and they are stuck.
“We’re just a little community op shop,” Chris explained. “
“We don’t pay anyone, and that’s how we survive. We’re all volunteers, and we can’t sustain this.”
The hygiene risk of second-hand mattresses means they cannot be resold.
Some furniture donations have also been too large or too damaged to sell. “We had a lounge that dogs had slept in. We just can’t use that.”
The op shop is asking for only clean, saleable furniture and typical household donations like clothing.
“I am just appealing to people, please don't dump this, because our only recourse will be to close down, ” said Chris.
St. Paul’s Op Shop cannot except mattresses or dirty furniture. Photo supplied
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