First Look at Second Chance

August 2011

Issue No. 10

Hello Friends -

You already know that we're all about Second Chances...creating new opportunities for people, new uses for materials, and renewed vitality for our planet. Your tax-deductible donations even give your pocketbook some new life!

Above all these benefits stands our leading core value - "People First." Below you'll read about one of these people. Antonio is an impressive young man who has embraced the second chance given him through our organization.

While you peruse the new inventory featured to the right, remember that every dollar spent ultimately bolsters our workforce development programs. In turn, lives like Antonio's are changed for the better.

The Baltimore area is filled with Antonios who deserve and would seize an honest opportunity at a solid career. Together, we can continue to provide it to them. We all sincerely appreciate your partnership in doing just that!

Come visit us soon....you can shake Antonio's hand while enjoying a trip through the salvaged wonderland he manages!

Your Second Chance Team

Another Second Chance Success Story

"Antonio's Journey"

by Lynda McClary

Raised lovingly by his grandmother, Antonio was still not able to avoid the lure of the tough streets in his neighborhood and the hurt caused by physical abuse from a troubled father and drug addicted parents. After five gunshot wounds received over several incidents and during his final incarceration period, he got in touch with the part of himself that his grandmother already knew existed - Antonio was really a good person making bad choices.

At thirty years old, following two stints in jail for non-violent crimes, starting when he was eighteen, Antonio came to Second Chance to get his first full-time job in the warehouse. There were no openings in the Deconstruction Job Training program, recommended by his brother, because Second Chance was so small at that time and could only handle five men in the program. Instead, Antonio threw himself into learning everything he could about the retail and warehouse operations at Second Chance.

Second Chance challenged him to tap into his potential and then they gave him the opportunity and purpose to transform that potential into meaningful commitment and progress. He proved to everyone - himself, family, work colleagues, managers and customers alike - that he was not living in the past with regret, but moving forward with "loyalty, honesty, and creating his own conditions of good."

Antonio is an enormous asset to Second Chance, whether talking with customers or supervising operations within the warehouse. He is a proud father and fiancé who shares his lessons with Youth Ministry so others can learn about good choices and second chances. Three short years after coming to Second Chance, and five promotions later, Antonio is the Manager of Warehouse 3. He knows he is now living up to his grandmother's vision of him with all his good decisions.

1925 Garland Stove...

...a grandparent's treasure, made in Detroit.

FREE KITCHEN EXTRACTION*

Upgrading your kitchen?
Give the old one to Second Chance! If it's in good shape we'll come take it out and you end up with some great tax benefits!

*Due to the wide variety of condition and quality, kitchens must qualify for our donation program.

Call Jeremy for more info 410-385-1101 ext. 103

Remodeling or Demolishing?

Call Jeremy to learn how deconstruction can add value to your project.

410-385-1101 ext.103 or Click Here

Have furniture, appliances, cabinets, vehicles or anything else you can do without? Donate to Second Chance!!!

Call Cari to discuss & arrange a pick up -

410-385-1101 ext.110 or Click Here.

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We've Won Again!

Thanks to you and Baltimore Magazine, we're a "2011 Best of Baltimore" winner in the
Shopping Category!

"Second Chance is like Disney World for the DIY homeowner. The non-profit organization gives new life to often discarded and forgotten antiques. Its four warehouses are filled with thousands of special finds like ceramic drawer pulls, stained-glass windows, and gilded faucets from historic Baltimore mansions." (p.197)