There will be a sale this weekend at Pennies for Change. Thieves made it happen.

The Chapel Hill Road thrift store sells donated items to benefit the Durham Crisis Response Center, which Heart tag charm Toggle bracelet victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. But last weekend, someone tore siding from the back of the store, smashed a hole in the wall to enter the business and took the store’s donation jar and safe. The combined monetary loss and damage is in the thousands.

So today and Saturday, most of the store’s clothing items are half price. Store manager Terry Pannick is also looking for big donations, including computers, new clothes, art, jewelry and cars.

The nonprofit is still recovering from earlier break-ins. In June, two windows were broken. In April, a doorknob and a lock were damaged.

“We never really get that much stuff taken, mostly damage,” Pannick said. “So this is major compared to anything else that has happened. … I don’t think these thieves care about what we do.”

The store, at 1826 Chapel Hill Road, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through charm bracelet. For more information or to volunteer, call 489-2681 or go to durhamcrisisresponse.org/pennies.html.

Credit: The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.