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Nothing Wasted thrift store supports pantry for household items
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Patti Dixon looks at all of the products in the pantry Thursday at Nothing Wasted thrift store in Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes
As manager of the Nothing Wasted Pantry on McEver Road in Gainesville, Patti Dixon said she knows the bags of household supplies and toiletry items she hands out will not meet every need of families struggling to make ends meet. “We’re just trying to relieve the pressure,” Dixon said. “If we can give a bag that has an $8 to $15 in value every month, that’s money they can spend on toilet paper, that’s money they can pay on their electric bill.