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2025 Highlights #5 - The Sunshine Store Expansion

What started as a response to a flood became a reimagined shopping experience. Visits to our Sunshine Store rose 13% this year, offering dignity through choice.

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SI-21993Tops, bottoms, underwear, socks, shoes, belts. Clients come looking for it all! Toiletries. Self-care items. Hygiene supplies. They use them weekly. Outerwear to stay warm or dry. Hats and water bottles to stay cool. Blankets for comfort nightly. Small ho

SI-21994Clothes, shoes, underwear, outerwear... gear, blankets.... toiletries, self-care items. We have a huge variety of things packed into our well-labeled expanded Sunshine Store! And from here we also stock each of our outreaches that distribute roughly 30 ou

SI-21995We had to rent temporary storage space during our move and then during the flood. But in order to save donor's dollars, we have emptied it out during the hugely impactful and busy year! We take what comes our way whenever it is possible. Closets full of o

"It’s not just 'stuff.' It’s a variety that thrills people. Seeing a client find that one perfect item in their size that makes them feel like themselves again—that is the magic of the Sunshine Store. — Matt Armentrout"

What started as a response to a flood became a reimagined shopping experience. Visits to our Sunshine Store rose 13% this year, offering dignity through choice.

When our main building flooded, we were forced to get creative. We moved our Sunshine Store into our wide hallway and, in the process, completely emptied our off-site storage—saving donor dollars while putting resources directly into clients' hands.

Your support keeps the racks stocked and the doorbell ringing with new donations for our clients.Secondary Resource

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