The Ann Arbor Thrift Shop has been serving the local community continuously since its founding in 1932. An officially designated non-profit group, its purpose always has been to raise money for local charities through the sale of donated merchandise. Every year the Thrift Shop gives over $100,000 in grants to social service agencies and emergency aid to local individuals. In August of 2003 the Thrift Shop moved from Broadway Street in Lower Town, where it had operated for 23 years, to a new, more visible location on Washtenaw Avenue across from Arborland. The Thrift Shop is run entirely by its 290 volunteer members who staff and maintain the shop and do all the sorting, pricing, marking, and merchandising of donated goods.

The Thrift Shop has been in continuous operation since 1932.

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