Kamloops: Second Chances - BC SPCA

While confirming the closure of the Songhees Nation / Esquimalt BC SPCA affiliate thrift store, I came across a new one in Kamloops.  There was supposed to be a temporary thrift store at the SPCA operations north of the river but we could never find it in 2015 and 2016 during our two housesitting stints there.  This one opened at least before late in 2017.

The new one is called Second Chances on Victoria Street (634).  Hours posted on the store's blog is different from the SPCA's.

https://secondchanceskamloops.wordpress.com/

https://spca.bc.ca/about-us/locations/thrift-stores/

Come 'n Go: Esquimalt SPCA

I drove through Esquimalt yesterday with an intent to visit the SPCA thrift shop in the Songhees nation band.  I hadn't visited this one in  couple of years and found that it has been replaced by, somewhat appropriately, a pet supplies store.

The only remaining SPCA thrift shop (note: all operated by private owners who share a percentage of revenue to the BC SPCA) on Vancouver Island is on Sidney.

Only 7.5 cents a lb????

A newspaper article about dumping in donation bins.  The other factoid of interest is that a certain chain of for-profit pseudo thrift stores only pays $1.50 per 9 kg (20 lbs) of sorted clothing.  A non-profit can get a raise a lot more funds from that.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-dumping-at-donation-boxes-1.4623049

Church thrift sales

Some churches do not operate thrift shops but periodic thrift sales are held (some churches such as Wilson Heights United in east Vancouver and St Mathias Anglican in Victoria operate more along these lines - moving inventory into the church hall or temporary rooms albeit on a more-regular basis).

I went to Saint Rose of Lima Catholic church in Sooke this past Saturday.  Sooke is a failly small community so offerings weren't too plentiful but it is always nice to go.

The other periodic church sales, tied to adjacent Catholic schools are Queen of Angels school in Duncan and Immaculata in Kelowna.

Penticton: a new Habitat for Humanity ReStore

The Okanagan chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be opening a store in Penticton on Saturday April 8 at 2498 Skaha Lake Rd (just 200m down the road from the Main Street @ Skaha Lake Road Salvation Army thrift shop).

This is the 3rd branch (the other two are in Kelowna and Westbank).