DECEMBER 2025
THRIFT VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER
Keeping our valued volunteers informed
A Christmas Message to Our Incredible Volunteers Dear Friends, As we enter this season of peace and gratitude, we want to take a moment to thank you. The way you show up, with kindness, commitment, and a deep sense of care, makes such a difference in our shops and far beyond them. Every hour you’ve offered, every welcome you’ve extended, every connection you’ve built has helped MCC live out its mission in real and meaningful ways. Because of you, families find stability, communities grow stronger, and hope takes root in places we may never see ourselves. Your generosity echoes far beyond the day-to-day, and we don’t take it for granted.
GM’s Corner
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Psalm 133:1 What a joy the Christmas season brings! As I walk around the shop and behold all the beautiful things you have processed and priced, I’m amazed at how much we have accomplished together this past year. We’ve been through a renovation together. We’ve been through the hard time of putting a shop back together and figuring out where everything should go – together. We’ve been there for each other when those of us have gotten sick or gone through surgery
From all of us at MCC Ontario Thrift, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a season filled with peace, joy, and quiet moments of gratitude. Thank you for being part of this journey with us. We truly couldn’t do this work without you. Warmly,
Lynda Lynch Thrift Director
Caitlin Sousa
Thrift Operations & Training Manager
Heather Krotz
Thrift Project Lead (MCC Picks Up)
and recovery- together. We’ve mourned together. We’ve celebrated the highest Open House revenue on record – together. Life doesn’t happen in a vacuum. I’m so grateful for all of you; it’s truly been my privilege to work alongside all of you over the past two years. May God continually fill your hearts with love, joy, health and happiness this Christmas!
PennyHanslien General Manager MCC Thrift on Mill
New Volunteers Join me in welcoming LouAnne, Margaret, and Maria, to the Thrift on Mill Volunteer Team! Please give them a warm welcome and invite them to your snack crew!