Results: Charity Thrift Shopping
1.
1.
Do you presently shop at second-hand/thrift shops that benefit non-profit organizations or causes? Yes
46%
•
1018 votes
Not if I can avoid it
11%
•
241 votes
No
43%
•
941 votes
2.
2.
If you do shop at such stores, which charities' stores do you patronize? Goodwill
32%
•
711 votes
Salvation Army
25%
•
549 votes
Humane Society
8%
•
172 votes
St. Vincent de Paul
9%
•
189 votes
Habitat For Humanity
11%
•
249 votes
Local or otherwise independent non-profit(s)
20%
•
445 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
•
85 votes
Not Applicable
43%
•
946 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| Value Village | 0.88% | 21 |
| 0.50% | 12 | |
| Savers | 0.21% | 5 |
| Hospice | 0.13% | 3 |
| Thrift | 0.08% | 2 |
| THS Thrift shop | 0.08% | 2 |
| Talize | 0.04% | 1 |
| Diabetes Canada | 0.04% | 1 |
| Shalom thrift store | 0.04% | 1 |
| Local Hospital Auxilary | 0.04% | 1 |
| A FOR PROFIT CONSIGNMENT SHOP | 0.04% | 1 |
| Le Partage | 0.04% | 1 |
| Alzheimer's | 0.04% | 1 |
| none anymore,they're way too overpriced! | 0.04% | 1 |
| Value Village, | 0.04% | 1 |
| Saving ways | 0.04% | 1 |
| Village des Valeurs | 0.04% | 1 |
| Homeless people with AIDS | 0.04% | 1 |
| The Nearly New shop ( In the US). | 0.04% | 1 |
| Oxfam in the UK | 0.04% | 1 |
| Value Village aka VV Boutique | 0.04% | 1 |
| Maison des valeurs | 0.04% | 1 |
| Mission Store | 0.04% | 1 |
| Amvets | 0.04% | 1 |
| Rare | 0.04% | 1 |
| Talize. Value Village. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Melrose Hospital auxiliary | 0.04% | 1 |
| whatever second hand store | 0.04% | 1 |
| Texas Thrift. Manna House | 0.04% | 1 |
| Missions Thrift Store | 0.04% | 1 |
| Local hospital thrift store | 0.04% | 1 |
| M2W2 | 0.04% | 1 |
| lighhouse | 0.04% | 1 |
| Disabled veterens | 0.04% | 1 |
| Missions | 0.04% | 1 |
| Haven't lately but used to. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Talize, Bibles for Missions, | 0.04% | 1 |
| Free stuff for me | 0.04% | 1 |
| Angel view | 0.04% | 1 |
| Our local catholic church's thrift store--earnings go back into town to help food pantries and help with heat for elderly | 0.04% | 1 |
| Value Village, which supports the Canadian Diabetes Association, although their prices have been ridiculous lately, so not as much. | 0.04% | 1 |
| DAV-Davenport Veterans | 0.04% | 1 |
| Salvation Army | 0.04% | 1 |
| The Arc | 0.04% | 1 |
| DIABETIES SOCIETY | 0.04% | 1 |
| Church | 0.04% | 1 |
3.
3.
If what you find is in acceptable condition, would you buy anything at a charity's thrift/second-hand store? Yes
50%
•
1100 votes
Uncertain
15%
•
330 votes
No
7%
•
164 votes
Not Applicable
28%
•
606 votes
4.
4.
If there's anything you'd definitely NOT buy at such establishments, would you like to share in a comment what any of those things would be? Yes
17%
•
379 votes
Perhaps another time in another similar survey, but not now
19%
•
407 votes
No
26%
•
561 votes
Not Applicable
39%
•
853 votes
5.
5.
When you're charity thrift shopping, do you find that you have to wholly support the non-profit benefitting from your purchases there in order to have a clean conscience about patronizing that organization's store? Yes
12%
•
267 votes
I never thought about it./It depends on.../Unsure
31%
•
692 votes
No
21%
•
465 votes
Not Applicable
35%
•
776 votes
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