by Britney Weber
Senior Staff Writer

Diana Buttram with items that are in the Lost and Found. Triangle Photo by Britney Weber.
A Bible. Fourteen notebooks. Eight textbooks. Two CDs. Three watches. A handful of rings, necklaces, pendants and earrings. A rack full of coats. Prescription glasses. Mismatched shoes. An array of mugs spanning all shades of the rainbow.
Sounds like a description of We Care Thrift Center, but it’s not. All these things, plus dozens more can be found in various hiding spots in the Operations Office under the guise “Lost and Found.”
“There’s some shoes in there. You might not want to open that bag of them though- I can understand why someone would leave those shoes out in the hall. They stink,” said Diana Buttram, administrative assistant for the Office of Operations.
“I get lots of cell phones, keys and jump drives. I usually try to send out emails when I find those. Especially if they have your name on it,” said Buttram.
Buttram has a basket on her desk specifically for keys, ID cards, jewelry, computer chargers, and other small miscellaneous items.
“What I probably find the most is stray earrings. Hundreds of them. I might start a new fashion,” said Buttram. Read full story »