Thrift Shops

For more than thirty years, Beacon Community Services Thrift Shops have helped to fund essential community services and programs. In April 2009, the service was honored with a Crystal Award for Business Excellence, presented by the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. The community’s positive response and its consistent generosity — from the volunteers who operate the Thrift Shops and donors who supply the stock, to our loyal customer base — has meant the difference to thousands of people in need.

Check out our newest location at 715 Pandora Avenue, operated in partnership with Victoria Cool Aid Society. The Grand Opening was held Friday October 16. Read about it in the Press Release.

Our Thrift Shops offer affordable and convenient shopping for the entire family:

• Clothing
• Shoes
• Accessories
• Household furnishings
• Small appliances
• Jewelry
• Books
• Toys
• Collectables
• Treasures

Donations

Please think of Beacon Community Services Thrift Shops when you clean out your closets, cupboards, crawl spaces and garage. Call 250-656-6828 for pick-up service.

Surplus Thrift Shop goods are donated to the following charities:

• Compassionate Resource Warehouse
• Sidney Lions Food Bank
• The Mustard Seed
• Other causes, on an as-needed basis

Volunteer Benefits

If you love people and have a few extra hours a month to spare, consider the many rewards of becoming a Beacon Thrift Shop volunteer:

• Receive and sell goods donated by the community
• In the past year, over 180 volunteers donated more than 36,000 hours of service
• In the past year, we sold over 500,000 items and processed over 150,000 transactions
• Make new friends while making a valuable contribution to the community
• Gain retail experience
• Beacon Thrift Shops provide free goods to people in need

If you would like to become a Thrift Shop volunteer, please contact:
Glenys Cavers, Thrift Shops Director
Phone: 250-656-3511

Community Programs funded by BCS Thrift Shops:

• Volunteer Centre
• Volunteer Drives
• Volunteer Visits
• Reassurance Phone Calls
• Volunteer Handiwork
• Youth Employment Program
• Senior Peer Counseling
• Peninsula Babies
• Toddler and Tot Drop-in Playgroups
• 1-2-3 Activities
• Mother Goose Rhymes that Bind
• School District No. 61 Crossing Guard Program
• Out of the Rain Youth Shelter
• Brentwood House, Sluggett House