In an effort to contribute to society and to make her boys useful at the same time, Lois "volunteers" Malcolm, Reese and Dewey for charity work at a local church. The boys are assigned to sort giant piles of donated clothing, game, appliances etc. Initially irritated at their new task, they realize the donated stuff is a lot nicer than their own possessions, and they begin swapping out their old stuff with the second-hand items. The boys soon make a enterprise out of their charity assistance, going as far as to sell things to the neighborhood kids - that is until Hal finds out. Meanwhile, Francis must come to grips with the fact his fabulous job in Alaska is not quite what he expected. false 2017-10-04 00:54:16 Jeff Melman 8 2001 TV-PG tt0640300 130220 21 Comedy https://www.thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/73838/130220.jpg Bette Rae GuestStar Eric Nenninger GuestStar https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/dmHei3ZqHxkWlssKouHShx5dhAb.jpg Marsha Kramer GuestStar Randy Thompson GuestStar Richard Gross GuestStar https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/3daVinT1uHYxHCcPN5zCiHWaHyl.jpg Terry Woodberry GuestStar 5 3 2001-12-02