Unity Shoppe Inc

I used to get help when I was a young mother with two little girls. it was so awesome at Christmas to take them in to pick a Christmas present. Now they are all grown up and I want to give back. I just really game online to see how to donate a lot of clothes that my granddaughters have grown out of. Keep up the good work Kenny and Staff!!!

So this whole Unity Shoppe thing… do you get it? Do you know who they are? What they do? Apparently most people don’t. Do you assume that they are another welfare place that passes out food to the homeless? Maybe you think that they are that organization that is constantly asking for money!
I went on a tour on Sunday, they had what they called a «Chicken run» to stock up on chickens. It was fun but more than that it was enlightening.
What I learned is that the Unity Shoppe helps people get back on their feet with dignity. It is not an organization that enables people, rather an organization that helps people when they need help the most. Think fire victims, think productive members of our community that have lost their jobs, their homes and perhaps some of their self respect.
Did you know that the average person who goes to the Unity Shoppe only goes for help 6.5 times? Did you know that they have a team of carpenters who make 100s of the most beautiful toys for kids. Wooden cars or wheelbarrows for the boys, cribs for the girls. Did you know that there is a team of retired women who knit blankets and doll clothes to go with each crib? Did you know that they give interview training or that they give clothes to people so that they can look good when they go on interviews, clothes that are appropriate to whatever type of interview they will be doing? Did you know that they go to Vegas every August (in the 120 degree heat) to buy thousands of dollars of kids clothes, backpacks and school supplies to give to children? And that they buy them for pennies on the dollar?! That they have elderly care? That they work with 100s of other local organzations (hence the name «Unity» Shoppe.) That about 20 staff members coordinate thousands of volunteers? Or that they are the ONLY organization of it’s kind in the country?
Maybe you should trot on down and check them out!!! Perhaps get five or six of your friends with giving hearts and ask for a tour! They would be happy to show you what they are doing and how they do it. It is an amazing and enlightening experience!
They just moved into a wonderful new building that will be able to serve their needs for many years to come. They can ALWAYS use donations. The two hundred or so chickens that we donated… might have them covered for a couple of days. They do THAT MUCH GOOD! And they will promise that any cash donation that you give them, they will leverage, sometimes ten fold!
Five stars all the way!!!

I had the privilege of taking a tour of this wonderful place. They help low income families with dignity and a desire to provide them with the items that the people in need want. rather than give the folk is need a bag of items they actually get to go into an area set up as a real store and choose what they need. If you are in the area or looking to donate to a worthwhile organization check this place out.

This place is full of treasures. I love old things whether they’re actual antiques or not. The fact that these things have history with others makes them valuable to me.
First of all, it’s hard for me to point out what they have because it seems like they’re nothing they wouldn’t carry. They accept donations of anything from anyone so that they could sell these things to lower income families for cheap. And let me tell you, this place is cheap.
I for one bought a wooden backgammon set/​case from ’96 with all the pieces and two dice shakers for $ 14. In great shape and good hefty quality.
After buying that, I had to wait outside for the rest of the fam and I sat on an extremely soft, comfortable chair they had out in front. The worker (who happened to be of Armenian decent, yay!) told me that comfy-​ass chair was only $ 25. I think I would have bought it just for the hell of it if I had a way to bring it back to Glendale.
I’m definitely going to stop by here every time I’m in SB just to see new things that they’ll surely have.