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Community Thrift Store Celebrates 40 Years

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What is Sustainability?

empowering the bay area since 1982

Community Thrift Store, founded in 1982, is a nonprofit retail organization supporting over 200 Bay Area charities. We close the loop on consumer waste, give new life to donated merchandise, and provide a unique shopping experience

How It Works

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Donate
Your Stuff choose a local
charity partner when your stuff gets purchased, the charity
partner you chose gets paid...and your stuff
is repurposed in a new home!

Donate your stuff

Choose a local charity partner

When your stuff gets purchased, the charity partner you chose gets paid...and your stuff is repurposed in a new home!

Our Store

Shop an eclectic mix of clothing, books, art, and furniture in a range of styles and eras that you won’t find anywhere else!

Donate

We accept donations on behalf of our charity partners, sell the items in our store, and then disburse the proceeds to Bay area charities.

charities

When you donate at CTS you can choose from over 200 non-profit organizations to decide who will benefit from the sale of your items.

Community Thrift Store

Celebrating 40 years

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