Visitors to the Thrift Shop in the basement of the Hospice House will notice a few changes if they haven’t been there in a while. One of the changes is that Suzy White will probably be there. And most of the other changes are because of Suzy.

Suzy has been employed as the manager of the Thrift Shop since December, and she was a regular volunteer before that. Like many people who came to Hospice, her volunteer role came after being exposed to the program in other ways. "I shopped here all the time and I ran into Anne Cantine", and Suzy has been helping in the thrift shop ever since.

Last December, the Hospice board asked her to take on the role of manager of the Thrift Shop - officially. "I love it", Suzy said, "And hopefully they have no regrets!" Visitors to the Thrift Shop will notice differences that have happened during the time Suzy has been in charge. The aisles are wider, there is an uncluttered look and feel, and there is more merchandise on display. Suzy said she accomplished these changes by using what she had readily available and what she could come up with by asking around. First, she asked Margaret for a few extra feet of space and, since the wall on the west side of the Thrift Shop is a curtain, that was easy enough to do. Then Suzy located shelving and cubicles from a State Farm office in Marshall that was closing and found a new home for those items in the Thrift Shop.

More shelving and organization, Suzy said allowed a number of changes. There is her picture gallery, and "Anne’s Christmas Corner". Repeat customers will discover clothes are easier to sort their way through. Household small appliances are organized in one place, books and music in others. A people person, Suzy, who owned and operated an ice cream parlor earlier in her life, says she enjoys working with all of the volunteers who help to make the Thrift Shop work. "You just have fun with them", she said. "We all get along real well. Its just like a little family down here." "But", Suzy said, "There’s always room for more".