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Donation surge floods local op-shops

Pakenham Op Shop volunteers Marilyn and Jan sorting through recent donations. 315356_01
By Eleanor Wilson and Shelby Brooks

Would-be charity shop donors are being urged to carefully consider the items they drop off, as a wave of post-Christmas […]

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