What We Do
Community Impact
All earnings from the sales of items at the Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon Thrift Store are used to give back to our community. No profit goes to shareholders or into an owners' pocket. It's important to us that you know how your donation of money, time, or goods are helping your community.
- We engage in random acts of kindness.
- We create and help with programs to benefit people and communities in Eastern Oregon.
- We provide means for individuals to assist others and those in need.
- We strive to be an example of charity for our neighbors and community.
- We donate cash, goods, and give service to multiple organizations and individuals in need throughout Eastern Oregon.
- We invite everyone, including you, to join us in our goal of spreading kindness and charity to improve Eastern Oregon!
Supporting Education & Schools
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- Greenwood Elementary School
- Greenwood PTS
- Donate money 5th Grade Barbecue
- Help with Christmas Social Event
- La Grande Middle School
- La Grande High School
- Elgin High School baseball team
- Scouting Program
- EOU
Supporting Individuals & Families
- Youth In Transition
- Parole & Probation
- Juvenile Court
- Providing inexpensive quality goods to in-need individuals and families through our thrift store.
- We provide clothing to people who are homeless.
- Offer special shopping events for children, whose families are struggling to make ends meet.
- Help stranded travelers get home.
Supporting Our Community
- Soup-tastic Saturday
- Cooking with Kids
- Community Kindness Kids Market
- Ladies Naughty Night Bingo
- Santa Mall
- We host an Annual Christmas Buffet
- We love doing this. Our hope is to allow those who may not have someplace to go, or have no family to share the holiday with, to be able to share it with us.
Programs & Organizations We Work With
- We provide fidget blankets, memory dolls, cuddle dogs & cats for patients within these care facilities and to many other individuals in our community with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Here are some of the locations that we work with:
- Eastern Oregon LGBTQ+ Coalition
- Oxford House
- Autism Society of Oregon
- Easterseals Goodwill
- Special Olympics
- Scouting Program
- Union County Adult Treatment Court Alumni Association
- Union County Adult Treatment Court
- Twiddle Pup program which provides developmental toys for autistic children.
- Animals in Need through Valley Veterinary
- DHS
- CHD
- Donate to La Grande & Union Firefighters.
Plus many, many more programs and organizations.
Digital Photo Booth
Have fun with our digital photo booth. Just another way to Support Kindness.
How to Help Us Spread Kindness
There are three main ways you can help
One - Donate Time
You can donate the gift of your time here directly in the Community Kindness Thrift Store or to organizations that we work with. Or you can simply spread the word about Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon, let others know who we are and what we're doing!
Two - Donate Money
We accept monetary donations, either in person or right here on our website. Your cash donation will always go 100% directly and completely to programs, and will never be used for administrative costs.
Can't donate funds? No problem, every time you shop in the Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon Nonprofit Thrift Store the money from your purchase goes directly to programs in our community!
Three - Donate Resources
This can include items donated directly to our Thrift Store, or supplies we need on a regular basis, or other material goods that can be donated to in-need families and individuals!