Every month, St. Peter's Episcopal Church Thrift Shop partners with a local nonprofit organization that's adding societal value through solutions and resources. Their goal is to further St. Peter's Episcopal Church’s mission to serve joyfully in the community and celebrate the love of Christ. During the month of October, the thrift shop and church invited ECS to participate in two events and provided several donation opportunities to support our mission and programs.
On Oct. 6, Angel Ibarra, ECS community and volunteer engagement manager, was invited to the thrift shop to speak with customers about ECS programs. ECS received 100% of all proceeds from the thrift shop giving jar. On Oct. 16, Ibarra and Elizabeth Fitzsimons, ECS CEO, spoke at two St. Peter's Sunday worship services to educate about ECS' mission, programs, and ways to give. Next, the thrift shop donated gently worn garments to ECS’s Head Start Fall Resource Fair held Oct. 21. Additionally, the thrift shop hosted October Facebook and Instagram fundraisers – ECS will receive 100% of the proceeds. And lastly, St. Peter's selected ECS as their 2022 partner for their Operation Book Support project. This initiative helps organizations raise money by selling their books and other items on consignment online.
ECS is grateful for its long-term friendship and support from St. Peter's Episcopal Church and its thrift shop.
Valerie McShefferty Reiger, St. Peter’s Thrift Shop Manager (left); Angel Ibarra, Community & Volunteer Engagement Manager; and Timothy Whipple, Interim Development at the thrift shop. October 2022.