The south Okanagan doesn't have too much in the way of thrift shops, possibly due to small population numbers.
The largest town, Penticton only has 4 charity thrift shops, best visited driving north on Main Street.
The largest is the Salvation Army at the south end of Main Street at Kinney, South Lake and South Main (entrance here). It's a small/medium sized shop and, as with SAs outside the lower mainland, staff by volunteers. Usual assortment though apparently quite picked over because of a poorer population. Free lot parking.
Much further north at 574 Main is the Penticton Hospital Auxilliary which operates out of a small double-front shop. Some nice collectibles here, usual assortment with no furniture. Very good prices Free street parking. Note, only open afternoons, it seems.
A block further down is the other IODE thrift store n BC (Kelowna has the other). A small store but bigger than its tiny Kelowna counterpart, it is open only after 1p. Assortment of mainly clothes and a few housewares. Free street parking.
A block off Main on Ellis (south of Nanaimo) is the 2nd Salvation Army location. Another small medium-sized shop, it is also, it seem fairly picked over given a poor population. Free street parking.
Heading north, Summerland has 2 thrift shops adjacent to each other on Victoria Street just north of Main. Both have limited hours (not open until 12p or 1p) and aren't open on Mondays.
The smaller is the very well-organised CritterAid (opens at 12p at least except Monday). Small and well-organised, it has a good well laid out collectibles and housewares section. Good prices. Next door is the Summerland Hospital Auxilliary which is very popular with the locals especially when it opens for the week at 1p on Tuesdays. It's a medium size shop (3 shops fronts) and has everything including limited furniture. Lots of items seem to be bought up after opening. Very good prices. Free street parking around and a off-street public lot.
Haven't made it south of Penticton lately.
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