Thrift Shop

Our thrift shop sells gently-used clothing, accessories, housewares and items for the home.  The selection is always fresh and exciting.

The shop is located next to the shelter through the double doors at 185 Brick Boulevard.

Hours:

Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm

Donations Accepted:

Tuesdays from 10AM to 2PM
Thursdays from 10AM to 2PM

Bag Sale:

Thursday, September 30th
Friday, October 1st
Saturday, October 2nd

• On bag sale weeks, no donations are accepted on Thursdays
• Bag sale Saturday's the store closes early at 1PM.

1st bag $10
5 bags $30
6th bag free

 

Items the Thrift Shop does not want

• No Winter/Fall clothing
• No large furniture such as couches, recliners, beds, etc.
• No cribs, large baby carriages, play pens - No children's wear - only new.
• No old stereos, VCRs
• No old large lamps and/or shades
• No computers more than 2 years old
• No encyclopedias, Readers' Digests or National Geographics
• No old bicycles
• No old outdated suitecases
• No old televisions, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, typewriters
• No odd glasses, mugs and/or dishes
• No large exercise equipment, Nordic, etc.
• Nothing that needs repair, doesn't work or is worn beyond its years
• No garage sale leftovers

 

 

Building Update: The New Bow-Wow Boutique

2006: The New Thrift Shop is open for business!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What can 2,000 square feet of new Thrift Shop space do? It can raise over 20% of our operating budget each year to support the thousands of animals that come to the shelter. Yes, twenty cents of every dollar needed to fund surgeries including spay/neuter, purchase vaccines and testing kits/supplies, pay expensive utility and insurance bills, provide daily TLC, and all that goes into care for the animals.

The New Thrift Shop is bright and beautiful. Carol Foltz, our Thrift Shop Manager, and her team of one part-time assistant manager and 30 volunteers have worked hard to move operations into the new space at the facility. It had been a crazy nine months of keeping the old shop operating during temporary entrances, construction noise and limited ability to accept donations due to stroage limitations. Now all of that is behind us and we will be conervting the old Thrift Shop into new animal space. Carol can return her focus to raising money to continue the shelter's mission to rescue and care for unwanted, abandoned, abused and sick animals and to the adoption of these animals to responsible, loving homes.

We thank everyone who has driven around with donations in their cars while we endured construction delays. We also send our appreciation to everyone who takes time from their schedules and battles traffic to bring donations to the thrift shop and to shop at the store.

If you haven't ever been to the Thrift Shop, you are missing something very special. The store sells nearly new (and sometimes brand new) merchandise in the following departments: Housewares, Books/Video/Audio books, Men and Womens clothing from petite to plus sizes(fitting room available), Decorations, Shoes, Accessories: Belts, Purses, Hats, Jewelry and Collectibles, Linens, Seasonal/Holiday, and Crafts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that construction has been completed at the shelter, every shopper is greeted by cats in our new free-roaming cat room. The cats welcome shoppers through large windows, as they enjoy sunlight in the front of the building. The cats are a constant reminder to shoppers that their purchases support the care of the animals at the shelter.