We offer a free service to Humboldt non-profits, churches and schools. You donate your unwanted clothing to your favorite thrift store or rummage sale. They sell what they can. We process all the unwanted leftovers.

In addition to unwanted textiles, we sort and pack unwanted shoes, fashion accessories, metal kitchenware,

toys and clean stuffed animals. Our free textile recycling service saves local non-profits thousands of dollars annually and reduces local landfill an average of 1.5 million pounds annually of unwanted goods. 

We collect, process and package over 40,000 pounds of unwanted, non-sellable goods from local non-profits every month. We fill an entire 48 foot truckload each month. Some of the unwanted goods are redistributed to

people in need in the U.S. and overseas; some textiles can be re-purposed into wiping rags or shredded for textile fiber that's used for a variety of purposes.

Our Salvage Goods Recycling Service is absolutely not financially sustainable by itself. The cost of warehouse space, equipment and most importantly paying the hard working folks in our warehouse, can not be generated

without our "better brand, second hand" retail operation. Please donate your clean, wearable clothing to

your favorite non-profit. We support them by processing all their usable but, non-sellable goods.

Most people are surprised by the volume of goods that we process for non-profits here in our local area.

1.5 million pounds annually is alot of stuff to process! Our store sales fund this service. 

We are a very UNIQUE business, based on Values!

In order to pay our employees living wages plus all the other business costs and provide free salvage goods recycling services to local nonprofits, churches and schools, we need strong sales in our second hand store.

To do that, we need to have plenty of the popular brands and styles on our racks. 

We have learned through experience in these past 15+ years, that we can not fulfill the needs and wants

of our community if we rely on donations or if we buy clothing from the public.

Additionally, we are committed not to buy anything from other local thrifts, rummage sales or garage sales.

We want you ~ our community ~ to benefit from these thrifty venues.

So, how do we find the volume of goods that local folks ask for the most?

To keep our racks full, we have developed long term relationships with out-of-area pickers and a few large businesses that specialize in used clothing in bulk. That activity requires difficult to negotiate contracts in which we compete with other buyers in the US, Asia & Europe.  Many of these businesses already have commitments to other buyers so its difficult to establish the contracts. However, if someone offers more than us

(and we can not pay the higher price), our contract dissolves.

In spite of the challenges, we have a much greater selection of quality brands and styles for our community...

plus we do it with consciousness.  You won't see us snatching up a deal at a yard sale.

We also do not sell online. High demand items can be sold for higher prices online with lower costs.

Instead, we have a store where you can find those better brands at a reasonable market driven price

and try them on first...and we have created 18 jobs committed to re-use...

and we significantly reduce landfill while saving non-profits thousands of dollars. Our business model is not about one fat cat at the top, its about many circular, transparent inter-relationships which considers others and the planet.

We do the best we can for all. We find the best we can for you, our community.  We are proud of that!