Grand opening of Thrift Shop

Information Sheet
April 1, 2014

Community Care’s Thrift Shop

As we open in the new location on April 1’st, 2014, we want to thank:

All our amazing volunteers who helped every step of the way, even working 7 days a week and into the evenings to get the store ready for April 1’st. We have the best volunteers in the world!
Calvin Thomas, former owner of Giant Tiger, who helped lay out the store, set up the displays and shelving, and make the merchandise look amazing, he’s tireless!
Prinzen Ford for loaning us their covered trailer for the move
Dave Sly from County Clean Up Crew for volunteering to help with the move
Mike Payette, owner of Giant Tiger in Picton for donating racks and shelving
Laverne Bailey and his staff for moving the clothing and tending to the garbage
Debbie Manlow, the Community Care staffer who led the move and kept it all together

Background on Community Care’s Thrift Shop:

Community Care first opened a Thrift Shop at 281 Main Street in August of 2002
At first the shop had only housewares and a few clothes
The clothing section on the second level at 281 Main was opened in 2006
In the fall of 2013 the clothing was moved temporarily to 165 Main Street
On March 1, 2014 Community Care took possession of the 4,000 square foot building at 153 Main Street, the old bowling alley
The volunteers worked tirelessly for 4 weeks to ready the new space, set up the new shelves and displays, and then to move all of the goods and clothing from the two other locations
They were determined to be ready for the April 1’st opening
The front of the building will be refurbished in the spring
Everyone who works in the Thrift Shop is a volunteer
Everything we sell has been donated by residents of Prince Edward County
100% of the funds raised at The Thrift Shop stay in Prince Edward County to help seniors live at home

What’s next?

There’s lots of room for more volunteers; call the Community Care office to get involved
Donations of good used items are most welcome

The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association offers services such as Meals on Wheels, transportation to medical appointments, noon-time dinners for seniors, foot care, help with forms (including Income Tax), respite, home maintenance, rural route reassurance and telephone reassurance programs. The agency is only partly funded by the Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care through the Local Health Integration Network and supported by donations and community fundraising efforts, such as Community Care’s Thrift Shop, now at 153 Main Street in Picton.

For more information:

Thrift Shop 613-476-1555

Community Care 613-476-7493

Recipient of the 2020 Not-For-Profit Award

Grand opening of Thrift Shop