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Community Store<\/h2>\nCommunity Store<\/h2>\nOur Community Store offers a wide variety of donated clean, new and gently used clothing, household items, toys, and personal care items that are discount-priced to help us raise funds to operate and maintain our pantry and property. New items are priced 75% or more off retail and many items are available for as low as $1. One hundred percent of store proceeds are used to support our main mission\u2014lessening hunger in our local community. Our inventory usually includes:<\/p>\n
SHOPPING HOURS Tuesdays and Thursdays\u00a0 (Donations accepted)<\/strong> Alternating Fridays\/Saturdays (No donations, please)<\/strong> Donations for the Community Store can be dropped off on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS<\/strong> during regular store hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or by calling us to make special arrangements at (269) 532 4912. We are unable to accept donations on Fridays\/Saturdays<\/strong>. We accept donations of the following items in clean and reusable condition: clothing, accessories, shoes, toys, personal care items, housewares\/kitchen, sports, jewelry, and collectibles<\/strong>. We cannot take<\/span> large furniture, appliances, mattresses or any broken, soiled items. To expedite processing (all handled by volunteers), kindly sort clothing into Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s categories, with items clean and folded. Donations for the Community Store cannot be dropped off at the pantry<\/strong> or during pantry distribution due to volunteer and capacity limitations. See schedule on our website calendar.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n We are always in need of volunteers to help us run the Community Store. We have many volunteer opportunities (main ones listed below) and flexibility to fit your schedule. Joining the volunteer team is a very rewarding experience! For more information, send an email to<\/strong> twelvebaskets10332@gmail.com<\/strong>, or\u00a0drop in<\/strong>\u00a0anytime we are open.<\/p>\n In line with our mission to help those in need meet basic food and living needs, on June 7, 2025 we opened a Community Store and its donation drop-off in our newly renovated space at 10330 Portage Rd. To help provide ongoing financial support for the pantry and reflective of the high quality of items that are donated, we transitioned our retail efforts from a hybrid free store\/boutique model to a Community Store model.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Community Store Our Community Store offers a wide variety of donated clean, new and gently used clothing, household items, toys, and personal care items that are discount-priced to help us raise funds to operate and maintain our pantry and property. New items are priced 75% or more off retail and many items are available for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4861","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4861"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6861,"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4861\/revisions\/6861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twelve-baskets.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\nDonations for the store<\/h5>\n
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