In the News ... "Disposal fees cost Salvation Army more than $11,000 thus far in 2019"

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• “... a situation where I have to question, ‘Where’s the good stewardship in these funds?’”

By Royal McGregor, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - As of Tuesday morning, Lt. Juan Gomez said the Salvation Army of Odessa has spent more than $11,000 in disposal fees.

Gomez explained those expenses don’t include labor costs or the price of gas.

The Salvation Army of Odessa lieutenant said the most discouraging part of those disposal fees is many of the items that were taken to the landfill could have been sold in the nonprofit’s thrift store ...

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