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PHOTOS: Prince George Hospice opens second thrift store downtown, launches rebrand

Two thrift stores will now be known as 'Worth Repeating'

Thrift shoppers unite! 

If you like hunting for gems at thrift stores, you'll now have a second location by the Prince George Hospice Society to find those hidden jewels. 

'Worth Reopening 2' has officially opened its doors in the downtown core (1466 3 Ave.) and will co-exist with the College Heights/McGill location, which will now be renamed to 'Worth Repeating.'

"We're really excited," Prince George Hospice Society Executive Director Donna Flood said at the new location this morning. "We tried to keep it as Sonar was, a little bit funky but it is exactly the same. All of the stuff you find here, you find at the College Heights location.

"We don't want people to worry that things are moving to one store better than the other."

The store has everything from books to shoes, jewelry, interior decor and much more.

Flood said the second store is an opportunity for the hospice to create more revenue because they couldn't even get through the donations but having two locations will provide more selection. 

Marketing Manager Amanda Holmes said products from the store are also now being sold online through an auction, where photos are taken of items coming through that would be suitable for an auction style.

"It opens it up to people that are still may be hesitant to come out into the public shopping," she said.

"Just kind of adapting to the needs of everybody now due to COVID. The online shopping is the way of our future really, so we wanted to make sure we had our foot in the door there."

As for the naming of the stores, she says 

"It's sort of a funky little name that says that items in these stores are worth repeating," Holmes said.

"They're worth repurchasing, they're worth resalvaging, they're worth redoing. We wanted to give the stores a new name, a new look, a bit of a facelift and get people excited about thrifting again."

Flood says the revenue from the stores are hoping to help fund two of the hospice beds for one year. 

"Right now, we are lucky that we've worked with Northern Health and they would be supporting seven of our beds," Flood said.

"The retail store will hopefully support two of the beds. We're not there yet, but that's our goal with these two stores, is to be able to provide that."

For those that want to drop off donations, the hospice says they prefer the still be dropped off at the College Heights location due to processing and space.

For larger items such as furniture, the hospice said they will be happy if people called them and they can come and pick up households. 

Both stores are open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.