For over 60 years, the Baxter Health Auxiliary has been pivotal in having volunteers assist the hospital where needed, but it has also raised funds for special services and equipment needs at the hospital. One way funds are being raised is through the Bargain Box Thrift Shops in Mountain Home and Flippin.
Baxter Health Volunteer Services Director Becky Rose was a recent guest of the Talk of the Town on KTLO-FM, and she says the beginning of the auxiliary in 1962 came on a small scale, but it has ballooned since then.
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The shop in Mountain Home is located at 501 Coley Drive and is open weekdays from 9 to 4:30 and Saturdays from 9 to 1. The Bargain Box in Flippin is at 171 West Industrial Park Road, and its hours are 10 to 4 on Wednesdays and Fridays and 10 to 2 on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Rose says various items are donated to the Bargain Boxes on a regular basis for area residents to purchase later.
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The profits raised at the Bargain Box Thrift Shops will go toward several different needs at Baxter Health. The money could fund the cost of wheelchairs, renovations and even scholarship programs.
Rose says volunteers are always needed for the auxiliary, but especially at the Bargain Boxes.
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To learn more about volunteer opportunities, go online to baxterregional.org/volunteers, contact the Volunteer Services Department at 870-508-1064, or send an email to Rose at brose@baxterregional.org. The Bargain Boxes can be reached at 870-425-3753 in Mountain Home or 870-453-7880 in Flippin.
This month, Our Community Cares, sponsored by Danny Porter of Century 21 LeMac Realty, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Carl Wayne’s Nurseries, H&R Block and KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, recognizes the Baxter Health Auxiliary and its Bargain Box Thrift Shops’ efforts in raising funds for the hospital. Learn more at ktlo.com/ourcommunitycares.
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