We are all about thrift!
The moment you push through the front door of any one of our stores, your heart starts to race and your pulse quickens as you look from side to side and think---let the hunt begin.
There’s a treasure lurking on every shelf and rack in the store, and we are here to help you find it. Whether your treasure hunt is for a sofa, a good book, a retro jacket or dishes that remind you of grandma’s house, chances are you’ll find it at Arc Thrift Stores.
Your treasure hunt may be as simple as looking for that t-shirt in a color you can’t find anywhere or the frying pan you need for your next camping trip. The treasure hunt is different for everyone, but the best treasure is the one you weren’t looking for!
What about the weird thing you pick up because you can’t figure out what it is, but you know you can’t live without it? We’ve got those! That’s what thrift is all about; from ordinary to extraordinary and kooky to cool. If you like to RE-do, RE-finish, RE-cover, RE-read, or RE-style, just visit us for a WOW experience. We are here to help you RE-live it and RE-do it.
We are all about helping others
When you shop at Arc Thrift Stores, you have the satisfaction of knowing that your purchases fund advocacy and services for individuals and their families with developmental disabilities. Funds raised by our thrift stores stay in Colorado. It’s shopping with a purpose…everyday.
Arc Thrift Stores opened its first location on South Broadway in 1968. Today our stores continue as the fund raising source for the 11 Arc and ACL chapters who provide advocacy to improve the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. For more details about the programs we fund in your community, please contact one of Arc Chapters by using the links in this web site.
Through your generous donations, we can operate and expand our stores and offer a greater selection of merchandise. Your donations enable us to employ more people in your community and raise more funds to support the Arc and ACL chapters. Our customers and donors keep us in business.
Another way you can help.
VEHICLE DONATIONS
When you no longer need that unwanted but useable vehicle in your driveway or garage, you can donate it to Arc. Our car donation program was started to generate additional funds for the Arc chapters. Cars, boats, motorcycles, and recreational vehicles are all accepted.
RE-cycle - Help the World Community
Did you know we receive millions of pounds of donations every year? However, not all of your generous donations sell in our stores. That’s where our RE-cycling programs kick in. We are one of Colorado’s largest re-cyclers and keep thousands upon thousands of pounds of unwanted, un-saleable merchandise out of land-fills.
We believe there is always more life in your donations. Therefore, if clothing, shoes, books, toys, handbags, belts, baseball caps and other items don’t sell, we bundle them up and send to Africa, Asia, India and other countries throughout the world. What a great feeling to know that your donation could allow someone to walk far, and do it with shoes on; or to keep warm with a jacket you no longer need; to cook a meal in a pot you don’t use anymore or play with a soft toy your child has outgrown.
We also Recycle scrap metal, cardboard, computers, TVs and cell phones. Even the plastic bags your donations come in are re-cycled.
QUICK FACTS
Below are some interesting facts that you might not know about us:
- Metropolitan Arc was founded in 1963, and opened the first store in 1968
- We currently have 19 stores that are located in Metro Denver, Ft. Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.
- We had over three million sales transactions last year.
- We employ over 800 people.
- We are one of Colorado’s largest employers of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Thank you for supporting Arc Thrift Stores.
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