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The employees at Ergon Thrift in Riverview got a nasty surprise when they came to work on Tuesday morning to discover piles of clothes on the ground. “(Alleged thieves) went through and emptied everything out of all three bins, and it was all over the parking lot,” Ergon Inc. executive director Cory Thibodeau said.

The social enterprise offers programming and training to help their employees live with mental illness. It took hours of cleanup and washing so the donations could still be sold. “Had it been raining we would have lost everything,” he said.



Thibodeau said this isn’t the first time this has happened. He said they’ve frequently had to spend money replacing locks that have been cut off the bins. Story continues below advertisement His organization is looking at spending roughly $1,000 on security cameras for the bins, which he said is a significant investment.

“Every dollar that I have to spend elsewhere, I can’t spend on people that we’re trying to help,” he said. Breaking news from Canada and around the world sent to your email, as it happens. He said his staff has encountered people who were attempting to steal from the bins, which raises concerns for their security.

He’s also concerned for the people who go through the bins. More on Crime Family, friends remember victims of fatal boat collision near Kingston, Ont. London Drugs hackers seek millions in ransom on claims of stolen employee data Teen boy among three dead after knife brawl in Mont.

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