Copper Coin Thrift awards $72,500 in grants to faith-based organizations

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Klem Web Team
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Back row: Steve Schuster (Board Member), Beth Trierweiler (All Saints Youth Discipleship Group), Kristin Hausmann (Blessed Are We), Jacque Perez (Gehlen Catholic After School Program with the YMCA), Dr. Amanda Anderson (Gehlen Catholic School), Josh Parkin (Youth for Christ), Bob Bohnenkamp (Board Member). Front Row: Denise Gengler (Board Member), Lorie Nussbaum (Board Member), Jessica Brady (Blessed Are We), Shannon Jensen (Noah’s Ark Preschool), Maren Dreckman (All Saints Youth Discipleship Group), Jania McIntrye (Life Wise LeMars), Kim Wick (Board Member). Not present, Mark Schlesser and Dick Ahlers (Board Members).

Copper Coin Thrift has awarded $72,500 in grants to seven different faith-based organizations, the store announced this week.

Recipients of the grants include Noah’s Ark Preschool, Blessed Are We, All Saints Youth Discipleship Group, Gehlen Catholic/YMCA After School Program, LifeWise, Siouxland Youth for Christ, and Gehlen Catholic School. Lorie Nussbaum, the chair of Copper Coin’s board of directors, explained more about the grants to KLEM.

 

With this year’s awards, Copper Coin Thrift has now awarded a total of $103,500 since their opening in January of 2024. The store is run totally by volunteers, which Nussbaum says is one of the most exciting parts about the store.

 

Copper Coin opened their new location on 12th Street SW in November of 2025. The thrift store accepts donations of new or gently used clothing, household goods, and furniture.

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