If you want to see a room full of well behaved, studious students wildly erupt into a cataclysm of cheers, squeals, and smiles all you have to do is walk through the door with an armful of toys, and a heart filled with Christmas spirit. This is Impact Thrift Store’s version of “playing secret Santa”; [...]
There are 5 weeks in January 2013… 5 weeks of cold, sometimes snowy weather… 5 weeks of being stuck indoors with nothing to do… We like to think of January as… 5 weeks of Opportunity! 5 weeks to tackle 5 projects! A makeover of mind and matter. Week 1… Give yourself a break! So you didn’t accomplish [...]
It sits there. It‘s perfectly good but you haven’t used it in years. It gathers dust. You have 5 ideas for the space It occupies but what to do with IT?… Throw it out? No! You just don’t need – or want – It anymore. It doesn’t want to go in the trash! It doesn’t want [...]
~by Tamika Miller 14 vocational students are participating in the Impact LIVE leadership program; which will provide Variety Club campers with a hands-on opportunity to plan, organize, advertise and carryout this community service project, while learning about the concepts of charity, reducing-re-using and recycling waste, and having a positive impact on the community. All [...]
Whether you’re having a small family BBQ or a big neighborhood bash, we’ve got some great 4th of July party and decorating ideas for your festive celebration. For a pretty table-scape, shop your own cabinets and closets first. Pull anything red, white or blue, large or small. Do you have an small blue bowl or [...]
It’s officially swimsuit season. While the majority of women feel that shopping for a swimsuit is about as pleasurable as paying taxes or root canal, here’s a great guide to shopping for a bathing suit… HOWEVER, loyal Impact Shoppers, we would like to draw your attention to the headline of this web article from TheBudgetFashionista.com: [...]
Impact Thrift Stores is honored to announce that we have been chosen as the 2012 Non-Profit of the Year by the PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce! One non-profit member has been recognized each year since 1998 by the chamber, formerly known as the North Penn Chamber of Commerce, serving the Montgomery County business community since 1913. The [...]
Mid-May has arrived and any threat of frost has passed (finally!) Time to plant your garden outdoors! Nothing better than fresh herbs and vegetables all summer but the question always comes up (in my house at least)… what is the name of that herb again? Here’s a great way to use some old silverware for a [...]
You may have noticed the trend in recent years… one big box store after the next closing their doors. Others are shrinking their footprint and coming up with smaller versions of themselves. This way they can open more store fronts situated closer to each other and appear more community focused. At Impact Thrift Stores, we’re [...]
Springfield Township Middle School Stars Shine Their Light on the Impact LIVE Program. Thanks!!! Dressed in their vibrant, red “STAR” T-shirts, 7th grade student leaders from Springfield Township Middle School cheerfully filed into the Montgomeryville Impact Thrift Store bright and early on a Tuesday morning. The STAR leaders (which is an acronym that stands for [...]
