Donation bins supporting a local nonprofit are looking for new installation locations as for-profit bins expand their footprint.
Clothing donation bins around Springfield are a common way for locals to get rid of clothes they no longer need while keeping unnecessary waste out of the Springfield landfill . Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks had 45 bins placed around town, but 19 placed at local Price Cutter locations had to be removed May 1 as the grocery chain made a business decision to instead provide space for a private company’s donation bins.
Leslie Birdwell is the executive director of the Think Big Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to generating sustainable funding for BBBSO. She said Price Cutter continues to support the organization and its mission in other ways as they have done since 2017, and it was a purely business decision to go with a different donation bin model…