YPSILANTI
THRIFT SHOP

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:  Due to overstock, and until further notice, we are no longer accepting any donations.  Thanks for your support!

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We have extended our PINK TAG sale ($1.00 clothing with pink tags; 25 cents for children's clothes).  Starting June 27th, ALL clothing and shoes will be HALF PRICE.  Both sales end on Saturday, July 2nd at 4 p.m.  Clothing and shoes priced to sell so we can make room for new merchandise AND begin to accept donations of gently used items again.  Stop to shop for great deals and help us clear our inventory!

We are among the Facebook users whose accounts have been locked due to a security error that Facebook apparently can't fix.  As a result, you will need to search within FB for our new page name: Ypsi Thrift Shop. 

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WE ACCEPT CASH ONLY!

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HOURS

Mondays 1 PM to 4 PM

Tuesdays noon to 6 PM

Wednesdays 10 AM to 4 PM

Thursdays 10 AM to 4 PM  

Fridays 1PM to 4 PM

Saturdays 11 AM to 2 PM

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DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS ONLY

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Please check the donations guidelines LET'S TALK DONATIONS (see menu bar above to click on page) before bringing donations in.

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The Ypsilanti Thrift Shop has been serving our community since 1942.  We are the only all-volunteer, registered 501(c)3 thrift shop in Ypsilanti. No one who works here gets paid, and we donate all profits to local charities.  As a group of dedicated volunteers, we work together to meet our major goals:

• Providing affordable, gently used  clothing and household items to our community; most clothing items are priced between $2 and $5 

• Donating funds to various local organizations that provide for the needy in our area.  For example from 2016-2021, we donated nearly $354,000.

• Creating a pleasant, fun shopping atmosphere for our customers

We sell clothing and shoes for men, women, and children; jewelry; household items, linens, decorative items, small electronics, and countertop appliances; books, games, CDs, and records;  holiday items; toys; sewing and knitting supplies and craft items.​

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These are just a few of the charities we support:

• Hope Clinic

• Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels

• Friends In Deed

• Food Gatherers

• Washtenaw Community Mental Health

• Feeding His Sheep

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How You Can Help

You can help us help the community in these ways:

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• Volunteer!  We work hard, but we have a lot of fun doing it.  See the information below

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• Donate items.  We accept donations of clean, gently used items (clothing without stains, tears, or fading) during the hours specified on the home page.

Please read the donation guidelines on the LET'S TALK DONATIONS page, below, before you bring items to the shop.

Let’s Talk Donations: Not everything is  suitable

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Without our material donors, we wouldn’t exist. We are so grateful for the many wonderful items you carefully pack and donate to the shop.

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BUT every month we also receive pounds of items in such poor condition that we can't resell them.  Donated items that are obviously broken, stained, dirty, or illegal to resell cause more work for  our volunteers. 

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Specifically, don't donate these items:

• Clothing, linens, fabrics that are dirty, stained, torn, or show significant signs of wear—frayed collars or cuffs, missing buttons, fading, and the like

• Clothing with odors (mildew, tobacco smoke, body odor)

• Shoes that have odors, stains, dirt, or signs of significant wear like rundown heels, worn-out soles

• Books with yellowed or brown pages; that are mildewed, dirty, or water-damaged; have broken or loose spines; or have odors from mildew, tobacco smoke, or mold

• Pots, pans, utensils, any other household items with rust, corrosion, permanent staining, grease, food residue

• Dishes or glassware with chips or cracks

• Half-used candles

• Toys/games/dolls that are broken or dirty or have missing pieces or parts

• Small appliances, picture frames, or any other items that are broken or not in working order

We do not accept:

• VHS and cassette tapes

• Out-of-date books (travel guides, atlases), dictionaries, textbooks, medical books, manuals, yearbooks, workbooks, pamphlets

• Notebooks and binders

• Large appliances, furniture

• Televisions, computers, printers, monitors, keyboards, fax machines, toner cartridges, battery pack connectors, MP3 devices

• Building/home improvement materials, glass panes, wire-into-circuit lamps/lighting

• Any electrical items that do not work and/or have damaged or exposed wiring

• Firearms, large exercise equipment/machines, skis, golf clubs/golf bags, inflatable flotation devices, life jackets 

We cannot legally accept these items:

• Breast pumps, nebulizers or tubing, sleep apnea machines, fire extinguishers

• Child car seats, booster seats, baths, cribs, highchairs, swings, playpens, strollers, baby or adult potty chairs

• Humidifiers, dehumidifiers, space heaters, any items containing freon

• Food items, including baby formula, live plants

• Opened makeup, nail polish, toiletries

• Mattresses, mattress pads, electric blankets

• Sports helmets

• Household cleaners, paint, spray paint, industrial solvents, lamp oil, kerosene, propane or any other toxics

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

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