b'Your Hospital Auxiliary Nearly New StoreNEW LOCATION OPENS OCTOBER 1Historically, the 10th anniversary of Camilles ClosetCamilles Closet has always been a going concern, will be remembered as the year that the thrift shop tem- commented MaryAnn Fleming, of Focus on Scugog.The porarily closed its doors due to the pandemic, and thencharity shop was a longtime neighbour of the magazines reopened in a new location. oce on Mary St.As of October 1, 2020, Camilles Closet will welcomeThe Hospital Auxiliary volunteers who run it are so customers and donations at its spacious new 1,600 squarenice. One lady is in her 90s! They have done such a good foot venue in the Food Basics plaza in Port Perry. The ad- job. The move to a larger store is exciting news for them, dress is 1894 Scugog St., Unit 10. the town and the hospital.OneofthefoundingmembersofCamillesCloset,By Lynn Campbell, Focus on ScugogJeannie Muir said that everyone is excited about the reopening. Camilles Closet closed its Mary St. store on March 16, 2020, due to COVID-19. The 10-year anniver-sary celebration plans had to be put on hold.Maybe we will be able to celebrate the one year an-niversary of the new location in 2021, she said hope-fully. Camilles Closetrst opened 10 years ago, just after Labour Day.Theshopwillbeopenfrom10a.m.to4p.m.on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Donations will only be accepted at these times, Jeannie stressed. People are re-spectfully asked not to leave donations outside the door when the store is closed.Jeanniehasheardthatsomepeopleareanxiousto donate, having hadve months to clean out their closets. We get some really nice things, she enthused.Camilles Closet is a fundraising project run by the Hospital Auxiliary volunteers. Over the past decade, an amazing $450,000 has been raised to purchase medical equipment for Port Perry Hospital.I work to help buy hospital equipment but I hope not to have to use it, Jeannie commented.Proper safety protocols will be followed, she explained. Customers and stawill be required to wear masks, and SPECIALTY DONUTSHome of the there will be hand sanitizer available. Plexiglass is being rst original BUTTER TART DONUTinstalled. There may be a limit on the number of people APPLE FRITTERS as big as your face!allowed in the store at the same time.We will follow the Ontario health guidelines, JeannieNEW!ONLINE ORDERING with this link:assured. https://www.foodordersonline.ca/hanks-pastries One di erence will be the lack of access to changeWednesday through Friday: 8am-4pm ONLYroomstotryonclothing.JeanniepointedoutthatitSTORE OPEN:would be too much to expect the volunteers, who are allThursday, Friday and Saturday: 8am-4pmseniors, to sanitize the change rooms after each customer.CamillesClosethasalwaysbeenasocialhub, Jeannie described. Many ladies in town like to drop in regularly to browse for bargains, but also to chat. They204 Queen St., Port Perry905-985-2172come in for the company, she said. www.hankspastries.caWhat does this thrift shop have to o er? Clothing for all, shoes and handbags, housewares, jewellery, and sea- ORDER NOW FOR THANKSGIVINGsonal dcor for Halloween and Christmas.FOCUS - OCTOBER 20209'