We're funky not shops ringing up frumpy ... the charity pounds 800K a year in sales

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barbara.argument@eveninggazette.co.uk MOVE over TV shopping guru Mary Portas - Tracy Queen of Boro Charity Shops is after your crown! The Redcar mum's passion for charity chic has already delivered a double-your-money profit boost for Teesside Hospice.

And that's before celebrity retail diva Mary hit our TV screens with her grand plan to drag charity selling into the 21st century.

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We're funky not shops ringing up frumpy ... the charity pounds 800K a year in sales

Thanks to Tracy O'Donnell and her band of volunteers, Teesside Hospice's 11 shops are ringing up a whopping pounds 800,000 a year.

And with the home-grown charity needing pounds 4,100 a day to fund its work, every penny counts.

"We had to change for the future.

This is not a jumble sale or a thrift...

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