PHOTO GALLERY: Jen Wheeler sells donated items to raise money for City of Refuge
September 26, 2012 | 8:57 p.m. CDT
Jen Wheeler sells donated items on Facebook at discounted prices to raise money for refugees around Columbia. Wheeler started City of Refuge, a nonprofit organization, in 2010.
Jen Wheeler carries a donated storage container from her basement storage room Sept. 13. Wheeler started City of Refuge, a nonprofit organization that donates money from the sales of donated items to refugees around Columbia.
| Kile Brewer
Jen Wheeler pulls donated items out of her basement storage to advertise and sell on Facebook. Wheeler's nonprofit, City of Refuge, donates the proceeds from these sales to refugees.
| Kile Brewer
Nonprofit organizer Jan Wheeler takes a photo of air fresheners to be sold on Facebook. Wheeler said she has sold about $300 worth of items in the past month, all of which was donated to refugees around Columbia through her nonprofit organization, City of Refuge.
| Kile Brewer
Jen Wheeler takes a photo of a storage container outside her home. Wheeler posts photos of donated items on Facebook where they are sold at discounted prices. The proceeds from the sales are given to refugees around Columbia as part of Wheeler's nonprofit organization City of Refuge.
| Kile Brewer
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