Thrift Store

Think you have nothing to donate? Think again!

The Thrift Store and Boutique generate 35% of the operating budget for the Rockwall Helping Hands Agency. The large majority of that is earned through sales of donated items in the stores. A small but vital portion is earned through our substantial Recycling Program. We work with independent vendors who purchase the items that we cannot sell in the stores.

Last year, we sold to our vendors over one million pounds of excess clothing, shoes, and linens; more than 200 trailer loads of excess household items; and thousands of scrap metal pounds. While this brings in only a fraction of our income, it helps most items that count toward our goals of supporting the Rockwall County citizens in need and providing a small community service.

However,  we also had to pay more than $3000 to take weekly loads of unsellable furniture and other large items to the landfill. This included damaged items dumped on the property after hours and other items discovered to be incomplete, damaged, badly stained, or inoperable after donation. Please help us put every possible dollar back into the community.

We are unable to accept the following items that cannot be sold or recycled:

• Construction debris, including wall-to-wall carpeting or hard surface flooring materials
• Hazardous waste (lead, acid batteries, paints, fuels, solvents, oils, mercury, or equipment containing these)
• Household or industrial chemicals (or equipment containing these)
• Stained, soiled, or damaged mattresses
• Tires
• Box TVs and projection TVs of any size
• Any broken, stained, wet, or damaged furniture