YWCA Thrift Store
YWCA Thrift Store, YWCA North Central Washington
The YWCA Thrift Store is YWCA NCW’s retail store and home to our job training program, which features an easy to navigate and well organized layout, quality gently used items such as furniture, housewares, electronics, and quality clothing for men, women, and children. All items have been generously donated by members of our community.
By volunteering, shopping at, and/or donating to the YWCA Thrift Store, you directly support the programs and services we provide in the community including our homeless housing programs, job training, and economic empowerment programs.
One-hundred percent of the YWCA Thrift Store’s proceeds support YWCA NCW’s life-changing programs and services for local families in the process of rebuilding their lives.
Come visit us today!
Store Hours & Location ↘
Find us at 231 N Wenatchee Avenue in beautiful downtown Wenatchee.
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Saturday
10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Donation Days:
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Kelly, YWCA North Central Washington
Item Donations ↘
By donating your new or gently used items to the YWCA Thrift Store, you directly support the women, children, and families in our community that need your support the most. 100% of the proceeds from the donated items sold in our store go to supporting our homeless housing and economic empowerment programs. Your donations stay local, and are 100% tax-deductible.
How to Donate ↘
Donations for the store can be brought to the YWCA Thrift Store Warehouse Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays between 10:30 and 5:00 pm.
If you would like to donate non-perishable food items for our homeless housing shelter pantry, baby items such as diapers and wipes, or bedding/clothing items for the residents in our shelters, please call us ahead of time to arrange a drop off, 509-662-3531.
Wendy, YWCA North Central Washington
Job Training ↘
YWCA NCW offers both YWCA residents and community members a comprehensive job training program through our YWCA Thrift Store.
The YWCA Thrift Store provides beneficial hands-on job training to residents and community members giving them the necessary skills, experience, and education they need to go on to other employment opportunities. The program is designed to help under-experienced and unemployed individuals gain training in a retail environment handling sales transactions, maintaining inventory, unloading freight inventory, basic visual merchandising, and developing quality customer service skills.
YWCA NCW believes Job Training is a key element necessary to providing individuals the tools they need in order to stabilize themselves and work towards self-sustaining employment and permanent housing. Through our program, participants learn a variety of essential skills for successfully obtaining and maintaining employment.
“I was in a bad situation living with abusive people. Then I moved into YWCA’s Emergency Shelter and began working at the YWCA Store in their job training program and received case management services. The experience I gained there helped me get a job. I now work for a security company where I get to put my new found customer service skills to use everyday. Without the YWCA and their support, I would have never been able to make it this far. The help they have given me and so many others in the community is a blessing. They really do change lives everyday!”
Volunteer Events ↘
Get Involved ↘
Our retail thrift store raises critical funds for our housing and economic empowerment programs - all proceeds from goods donated remain in our community. Help us receive, sort, price and stock clothing and item donations in our warehouse and store.