Every year, the Magic Hat Thrift Shop designates fund, based on their volunteer hours, to fund classroom programs for education at the Marblehead Public Schools. This spring, they are thrilled to announce that they are giving $50,000 in funding, their largest allocation to date, and that the total amount they’ve distributed to the six Marblehead public schools since they opened in 2006 is almost half a million dollars.

As Magic Hat board President Wendy Roworth said, “We are thrilled to be nearing the half-million-dollar mark in allocations to the Marblehead Public Schools and thank the community donors, volunteers and our customers for fueling our success! We look forward to a wonderful spring and summer shopping season as the Farmers Market reopens on Saturday, May 31.”

As Tara Kellner, the longtime volunteer PTO representative for the Bell School said, “The Magic Hat Thrift Shop gives parents a chance to contribute directly to their school but also creates an opportunity for parents of different schools to work side by side at the shop in support of the school community as a whole. We all benefit from the funds raised as the educational programs funded create a spiral effect of student enrichment across the schools and grades.”

Read the whole story here to see the amazing work that the Magic Hat Thrift Shop has done.