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The Rifle Thrift Shop opened in 1975, and has been giving schlarships to high school students ever since.<\/strong>
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Like many businesses labeled non-essential, the Rifle Thrift Shop is facing challenging times during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the all-volunteer run store plans to still award ITS annual scholarships to local high school students.<\/p>\n

Although the store has been closed due to the virus, volunteers are working to adjust to the new normal and have moved the scholarship deadline to May 22.<\/p>\n

 \u201cWe haven\u2019t received a lot of applications, so we moved the date to give people more time. We realized the message wasn\u2019t getting to a lot of people,\u201d longtime volunteer Snyder said.<\/p>\n

Each year since the opening over 40 years ago, the small thrift store offered three scholarships to Rifle High School, two to Coal Ridge High School and one to Grand Valley High School. Each scholarship is for $2,000 and may be used for a college or a trade school, but they must attend in Colorado.<\/p>\n

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