The Find centre is such a great store! Checking out used retail and vintage stores used to be my weekend entertainment prior to the pandemic. I miss just going to check things out and possibly find some treasure. You can drop off items still and order online if you want to. If you want to go in person they enforce masking and capacity limits. They have a big selection of items from furniture and home goods to art and music and books etc. The Core Principle of Find is: FIND believes in the core principle of the Housing First program which states that "Every person has a right to as safe and secure home. " This is the same principle that has established planning at all levels of government in the effort to end homelessness." This is one of the best used retail locations int he City in my opinion. Check them out if you haven't already! read more

Before the pandemic, I was looking for my masseuse's new physio location, and I happened to drive by this place. Ooh! Gotta go in there sometime, I said. Fast forward after 2 years of hell. Was visiting my masseuse again, and had the day off so I thought, why not? Some really decent used quality furniture. I found some good books, and I was also in the market for some type of art for my upstairs bathroom that would tie the pale green walls to the brown ceramic tile. Found 2 panels with seashell-type motifs that would do nicely. Also, I recently had floor to ceiling bookshelves put in one room of my house, and was thinking the other day that I need a stool or a tuffet (more decorative than the plastic one from Canadian Tire) to thumb through my cookbooks for the perfect recipe. Score! Ignore the hideous plaid cushion. I have some foam cushioning I can repurpose, and will be recovering it. The top is hinged for storage, and it was only TEN BUCKS! Plus, I LOVE all the community help they provide. As an alternative to Value Village, that is pretty great. Am going to stop in regularly now to see what's new. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

LOVE love LOVE the Find Center. Awesome deals. Wicked cool auctions for random items like antique prams and 50 year old hockey magazines. Crazy good prices for vinyl, heck yes! Anything and everything household used here (no clothes). A great place for kitchen gadgets and serving platters at a fraction of retail. They offer delivery for a fee! Donation hours are Mon-Sat. Give them a call to check current hours as they seem to vary a bit. A truly great organization without the bureaucratic corporate feel of Value Village. Two Thumbs Way Up!!! read more

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Just picked up my first online purchase from FIND! Spectacular treasure. Still as great as my first review. If you have any donations of household items , they can really use them as it's a busy time right now for helping the community. I love that my money helps support others in need and reuses useful items... it's good for everyone! read more

Love the Find Center. Lots of cool things to sort through. Found some Sharon, Lois & Bram vinyl which was pretty rad. Give yourself some time if you go to browse. They also post a lot of products on their Instagram - make sure you follow them so you can catch the good stuff. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Always on the look out for P&P books. - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

My second time dealing with Find. I found out about them from my mom. She had a great experience with them picking up her excess furniture. I had a terrific experience as well. Showed up on time. Respectful. The retail centre is very neat and tidy. No smell. I donated a box of stuff to the back entrance. Nice staff. Lots of parking. read more

This is one of my favourite places in ALL of yeg. Hands down. Take a Saturday and go to both locations; explore, dig around, experience a store that does so much good. If you've ever looked at someone's cool vintage wall hanging and thought, "where do I find this stuff?". It's definitely here! It's clean, the staff is awesome, the program is wonderful and I really hope it sticks around. You can access more information about it on the Housing First site! I can't wait to get some donations going for them soon! And I want to thank them everyday for my antiques. read more

Ok, I love the facts about Find !! - They use a service dog to sniff out any bedbugs another nasties that could contaminate the furniture supply. -The employe a number of people and the workers are always happy and comment on how much they love working at Find -They are giving new life a new Hope to furniture instead of it sitting in the dump I also love the fact that I found some really cool treasures here, for an unbelievable cheap prices. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Found this absolutely gorgeous tea cup and saucer at find for only $2.50 - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

It's always useful to be aware of places like Find when you're planning to move. I recently moved apartments and in doing so had a lot of decent furniture that I had to somehow sell or get rid of. Find was the perfect home for them. It's a furniture donation organization where they accept furniture in modestly decent condition to be sold at the front-end of their store for a low price. The proceeds of the store sales go to funding various non-profit initiatives. Also, a very useful aspect, they offer free furniture to people who are moving from a homelessness to a house. This aspect particularly appeals to me because new furniture is pretty darn expensive. I would, at times try and sell furniture by posting ads online. However, for the most part I seem to own inexpensive Ikea furniture and so I found that donating it was certainly a better option. Apart from generic furniture like sofas, coffee tables, side tables, dressers etc., they also accept small kitchen appliances, pots, pans, cutlery etc. and televisions, radios and other small home electrics. They don't accept mattresses, bedding etc. since they receive a lot of furniture and the risk of a bed bug infestation at this store would be high if they did accept mattresses. They offer free pick-up of furniture from your place. Perhaps you'd have to book an appointment ahead of time for that. I had rented out a truck and so I found it fairly convenient to load it up with all the stuff I wanted to give away and just drive down to their location. The people at the store are extremely friendly and happy for the most bit. I visited them 3 times in two days and gave them a lot of stuff, including old wall hangings, posters and all. At the time, it felt like I was dumping trash on them; they did seem quite happy to receive it which certainly felt like a decent thing that I was doing. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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Find is such a great place and I love their concept. As other reviewers have mentioned, proceeds support local people transitioning from homelessness into housing, so Find really supports the community. They have a great selection of gently used, good condition furniture at low cost which have been donated by others in the community. You can find dining tables, dressers, desks, chairs, sofas, vanities ... the list goes on. Most of these pieces would look awesome if you are willing to put in a little elbow grease and just give them a fresh coat of paint. It's like a big indoor yard sale with mostly furniture, but they have smaller household items like small kitchen appliances, wall art and home electronics. I love perusing the hodge podge collection of china they have, it's so much fun! They only accept items that are in good condition, so you don't have to worry about quality. Delivery is available if you need it within city limits, $50 for the first trip, not sure about multiple trips though. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Nothing says "random awesomeness" like a conch shell with the Virgin Mary figure, and a red light bulb stuck in it. - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

My oh my! I finally got here today. I've tried to go a couple of times and it wasn't open. It was everything I hoped and thought it would be. FOUND many things, didn't buy everything I found but still found many things.... fun to browse, ample parking, and a bit of everything. I almost bought dishes, a teapot, patio furniture, dining chairs and a fancy basket...just to give you an idea of the variety of things. My friend bought "a bag" of books for $5.00 Most importantly it's fun and it's for a good cause. read more

I had my home furnished thru the store 'Find' with the help from a lovely lady name Diane who I must agree was the most helpful assisstance i have ever encountered!! I am not a fan of shopping at all and thanks to Diane she made this transition bearable and as for the furniture; would never of known that it was used as they clean and investigate to make sure there are no bugs of any sort!! Thanks for Diane and this great store 'find'!!!! Sincerely Patty C read more

You just might FIND what you're looking for. This is one of those places you can stop into often, just to see what's there. They have such an eclectic collection of furniture, housewares, decor and media (books, dvds, music) at very reasonable prices. It's like a big, indoor garage sale where everything is clean and organized. The staff are wonderful and friendly. Members of the Find community are eager to offer assistance and will help you unload or load heavy furniture. Find has started a regular silent auction for some of their most exciting items. Write your bid on a secret ballot and wait to find out if you've won. This is a very thrilling way to shop! To see what's going up for auction, follow Find on social media. You can also feel great about making a donation to FIND. They have a strong connection to Edmonton and support the awesome housing first program. Check their website for a list of items they accept and more information about their great work in the community. Or stop by the community bulletin board in their front entry. Do check the hours before heading out. They are open Tues-Sat 10 to 5. Until 7pm on Fridays. read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Community connections board. - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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Love this place, always changing items. Book are a grat price $5 per bag. Night and old folding card table for 11.50 it's like new Love finding my little treasures read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Side of the building - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Wonderful place to donate furniture and other items. Check their website to see what they take. They are my favorite place to donate as they truly are working to help people in need. They have some interesting gems to buy in-store and online as well. read more

I really like the concept of this place - what is old becomes new. I sure wish there was something like this around when I made my first move! Here you will find a warehouse stuffed with gently used household items of all sorts. Although modern furniture is usually nice to look at, I often find that quality is lacking, and the market is already flooded with stuff that all looks the same. Here you can find those character pieces that, with a little TLC, can be transformed into beautiful, unique, personalized household items. With a BF who's goal is to turn our home into a scene from Oddities, this is very important! Prices here seem to be the lowest by far (aside from the neighborhood garage sales); usually much lower than Kijiji! This is the type of place that we make a habit of stopping by quite often because you never know what new wonders you might find on a given day since the stock is in constant rotation. The staff are kind and helpful, and the fact that this organization is giving back to the community certainly makes Find a great asset to Edmonton. Like Adam, I started with 4 stars, and as I wrote this review, decided that they really are deserving of the full 5 stars! read more

The only reason I discovered this place when I did was 'cause I had a class to teach in the area, I don't normally have cause to go by there. I might have eventually found out about it anyway though because I do love me some thrift shopping and I sometimes search online for new shops to hit. It's out of my way, but worth the drive and now I'm a regular. The moment I walked into this *huge* store I was struck with an overwhelming feeling of "Omigooshness!! Where have you been my whole life!??!". Now, selfishly, I should not even be telling you interweb guys about it, 'cause I want all the dealz for me.... but, this shop needs to be known by all. Find helps real people right in our city in a massively impactful way. Proceeds from sales support their operations, but, even cooler, in my opinion, is that they directly help people transitioning out of homelessness by allowing them to shop for their own furnishings. I can only imagine how much of a leg up that must be. Staff here is friendly and a great help. There's a basket of measuring tape so that you can figure out if the furniture meets your needs - a really handy and thoughtful touch, I thought. Special events are often held on Saturdays, such as big sales and diy workshops and demos. They've recently started consigning made-over pieces. A great art section at the back, though they do reserve the best pieces for their art auctions. Get on their email list and follow them on Facebook (with notifications!) if you want to know about the most epic surprise sales (sometimes word is only put out via one and not the other). They are closed on Mondays 'cause that's when they do most of their merchandizing. Lots of good quality pieces (including many gorgeous antiques)... I imagine it's not only because they have the room for it, but also because I'm sure many people consider it their preferred organization to donate to - as I do, for large pieces. I try to drop something off every time I head over to shop, and I've been rewarded with a discount upon occasion for doing so. The do also offer a free pick up service though, so keep them in mind if you ever need to downsize! Now, the juicy details/the things I found that will make you jealous: I scored a super amazing Fossil watch on a wide black leather band, for $2. Over the range microwave & convection oven for $35. 1960s LIFE mags for $1. I'll come back to add to that list, I'm sure. ... And there've been many treasures that I spotted other people joyfully carrying out. Lastly, the reason I gave this place 4 stars instead of 5, which was really hard to do, because I do truly love this place, but, as is the case with many thrift shops, sometimes, prices are just wayyyyy too high, and I notice this frequently here. Primarily, this issue lies with their sofas, loveseats and couches, etc. Not as much of an issue with other things I believe. read more

I was wondering when I went to other donation centres where did all that vintage furniture go? Well look no further cause I found it. What use to be a grocery store is now Find, just giving you an overall picture of how big it is here. They have all furniture including exercise equipment. There were alot of cool dressers there, 6 shelf. If you are willing to, or shall I say capable of, sanding these down and repainting then they could look freakn awesome. I saw a shelf here for $45 and saw they same new shelf for $250. So the visit can be worth it. All the couches are steam cleaned before being sold. Another benefit is that Find provides furnishing to those who cannot afford it and are starting their first new home. Overall a great place, i originally gave its 4/5 starts but am changing it now to 5/5 read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Front entrance - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Horrible company telling me that I have to wear a mask even though I have a medical condition which exempts me I will not support them I was just about to donate to them as well a huge bag of clothing that ain't happening now i hope they enjoy the lawsuit that is coming read more

while I risk sounding like a Karen, i have to review them. I was severely cut off by a FIND truck today while it's -30 out, they ran a red light while in turn made me have to slam on my breaks. When I called to inform the store I was passed around, put on hold and even laughed at. You should be ashamed, FIND.. it was reckless driving not just a Karen out to get a slow driver. read more

This is a great place if you're looking for bargains unique things retro and high quality items for very little money read more

Find Retail & Donation Center - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

I used to love this place, I really did. It felt like the only thrift store in town that actually had its act together and knew what the whole point of thrifting was. I had sworn off all the other thrift stores in town, believing Find was the only one I needed. Sure, it was out of the way location-wise, but I repeatedly visited nonetheless. I mean, where else could you get bags of books, CDs, DVDs, etc for FIVE dollars? Surely not the big name joints like Goodwill and Value Village! This little store was a dream come true for someone like me, who's been thrifting for years, always trying to stay within a strict budget. I thought cool, I can finally splurge and not have to worry so much about how much I spend! This place is rather out of the way to get to, but the trip was made to donate stuff we no longer needed here instead of closer stores because we felt these guys were worth the investment, being that they seemed above trying to gouge the consumer. But it turns out I've been had. I went in today, as I do, to buy a bag of media (CDs, DVDs, etc) for five dollars, as I have been for the past while. I had about three bags today full to the brim ready for purchase, only to be told that they were no longer doing five dollar bags of media. All CDs, DVDs, etc reverted to previous prices. There was no announcement on their Facebook that this was so (in fact, they never even announced that they even were doing the five dollar bags of media in the first place while other thrift stores like MCC mention each tag sale regularly on theirs) and there was no indication this was the case in-store either. I had hoped that, as a loyal customer for quite some time, some leeway could be given, but I ended up having to leave empty handed. I even put back the books I had intended to buy also, that could've constituted a fourth bag on their own, because, as tempting as it was to still get them, I decided not to bother, because if they don't want my business, then why not just take my money elsewhere? I know all sales are at the discretion of the business. That's fine, but a little forewarning would've been appreciated at least! If MCC, Goodwill and Value Village can all keep people posted about sales and the like, why can't Find? As stated, I didn't even know they were doing five dollar bags of media in the first place. Needless to say, I will no longer be returning to this store. I can't even recommend any other thrift stores you should go to instead (assuming you were a fan of the five dollar bag concept as I was) because what other thrift store can beat the five dollar bag deal? Once you've been able to get as many goodies as you can fit in a bag for just FIVE DOLLARS, every other store becomes obsolete because who wants to go back for buying a couple or so CDs for MORE than five dollars; you can't get killer deals like ten CDs for a dollar like you can in American Goodwill stores up here, for some such reason. I have been spoiled senseless, and that's why it's such a shame I can no longer recommend this store, or honestly thrifting in general, because it seems to me (and a lot of other people nationwide as a matter of fact judging from what I've read over the last few years) that these stores have forgotten what made them an alternative to big business chains in the first place. I mean, thrift stores are basically businesses who get everything for free, don't have to be concerned with taxes and often times get free or diminished labor costs. It's incredible how poorly you can run a business when you don't have to make good business choices. If these places found themselves paying taxes, paying employees full wages and had to source their product, they would go out of business in a heartbeat. For now, though, they can pretend that they are competitors to eBay and make as many bad business decisions (like getting rid of awesome deals that put you above literally all your competitors) as they like. Was fun while it lasted, though. If you love books, I suggest you fill as many bags as you can of books before they get rid of that deal too. read more

I love going to the Find. Every time I go there I always find interesting stuff. Like snagging a MINT Hasselblad 501cm Camera Kit for $50, you can't find that deal anywhere else in Edmonton or in the world for that matter. Couches, chairs, books and pretty much everything else is there. They also price their stuff super cheap as compared to the other stores. I walked there at one time and got to ride home a Vintage 1951 Columbia 3 Star Balloon Cycle which I got for $20. Not bad for a vintage bike. I just love this place. read more

This place is a thrift store full of furniture. Its exactly like a value village with no clothing. Simply furniture. Great staff. They deliver for a fee. Large open space clean . The old IGA on 121st. Most of the stuff is in great shape and high quality. Plenty of parking. A thrift shoppers paradise. Stock continually changing. read more

My recent experience with FindEdmonton is contrary to what other reviewers may have experienced. As a donor, my experience was one of extreme frustration and confusion. as a donor. My negative experience (and I wont be recommending Findedmonton to friends) was based on their mover's inability to move a sofa out of the building (it was too large) and then pick up the furniture when a neighbor and a roofer (without the intervention of the movers) moved the sofa outside the building. The movers left, and a gently used sofa is on the front lawn of the building. Now Findedmonton cannot pick up the sofa -- apparently, "policy" prevents them from picking up furniture from outside the building. To recap, the movers cannot move the furniture out of the building and, if placed outside the building, they cannot pick up the furniture. A nice Catch 22! When did donating become a source of frustration? When did "policy" play a such a central role in the art and science of moving management? When did "policy" replace basic commonsense and logic when it comes to moving furniture? One would think that an organization "that works to provide furniture to people transitioning out of homelessness" as a social enterprise would -- in these tough times -- ease the process of donation by individuals and families and not make it difficult because of "policy" (whatever that means) prevents them from doing so. The entire episode could serve as satirical material for a Monty Python skit! One positive note, the movers and the lady taking phone calls were unfailingly professional and polite. This issue is not with them, it is a issue for management and the lack of flexibility in the application of their furniture pick up "policy". read more

They have the most ridiculous rigid policies as far as what they can sell. They used to have beautiful headboards and bed frames but no more. I was told they now throw all bed frames and headboards away that are donated because " immigrants do not know what to do with them". Also they are not worth their time as a charity. I have been buying these from them in the past and noticed the demand and turnover was high. I came in weekly to find them and now they are sent to landfill instead??? Get real guys! last week the furniture floor was so sparse....a handful of items at best. If value village and goodwill sell them for over 20+yrs well - why on earth are they now being sent to landfill? Not a happy shopper here anymore. read more

I have been going to this little gem since it first opened. I love that they are giving back to those in need. The staff there are really pleasant. please let others know about this great place. if you have clothing to donate there is a bissel dropoff two doors down read more