Together We Cope is grateful to all of our loyal friends and customers who supported us during the first week of our Nu2u resale shop reopening in April. So many familiar faces visited the shop and contributed to a brisk business after the fire that shut us down for so long. We are also thankful for the many friends who brought donations of gently used clothing and housewares to our back door to help us restock our shop and get back to business. Nu2u will accept donations on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 17010 S. Oak Park Ave. in downtown Tinley Park. Further info is at 708-633-9180.

Together We Cope’s food pantry will remain closed until Spring as building repairs continue after a fire Nov. 21 that shut down the agency at 17010 So. Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park. In the meantime, people needing food assistance can go to the Greater Chicago Food Depository website http://www.chicagosfoodbank.org and click on the “Find Food” button to find a food pantry near them.

Together We Cope’s main building at 17010 So. Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park remains closed while repairs continue after a November fire there shut down our client services office, food pantry and Nu2u resale shop.  Nevertheless, we have been able to continue assisting families in need in a variety of ways because of the generosity of our donors.

Thrift shops always have been popular because of the delightful “finds” shoppers can discover in those resale shops, everything from brand new merchandise to collectibles from times gone by. Once, a mysterious donor left outside the shop’s back door during the night a high quality meat grinder of German manufacture that turned out to be worth thousands of dollars!

Trina Arvetis manages staff and volunteers at Nu2u, Together We Cope’s resale shop at 17010
South Oak Park Avenue in downtown Tinley Park.