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Unclaimed Lost-And-Found Items At Suburban Mall Donated To The United Way

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Unclaimed items from the lost-and-found at The Promenade mall in Bolingbrook are going to a good cause.

People lose a lot of stuff at the mall, including - some might argue - their minds this time of year. While those do not end up in the lost-and-found a lot of things do.

The Promenade's General Manager Tom Castagnoli said this time of year there are 6,000 to 7,000 shoppers a day; and while some stuff that ends up in the lost-and-found would be of little use to people, most of it is new, just purchased and then forgotten.

"Like Bath & Body [Works] there were several of those bags, there were bags from Bass Pro, there were items from H&M," he said.

Also coats and hats, cash, a bicycle, strollers and even wheelchairs - those, Castagnoli said, are typically claimed. The rest is donated to the United Way of Will County.

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