Great community organization! Helps the community and has a great heart! Carol B truly is invested…read morein Phoenixville and wants to make a difference. Give them a donation!

Doing some retail tourism in the area, we stopped at this thrift store. It is small but laid out…read morewell. The cashier was personable and helpful. Prices were a bit on the high side compared to others in our experience.

I've been to this store so many times I cant even count it. Well the place is maintain very well…read morefor a little place but the way they have it and move things around makes you feel like you just walked into a new store every time, well at least that's how I feel. Everyone I've encountered at that place is and been super nice to me and I've had no issues at all also the prices for things are reasonable I would say compared to some places I've been too. But go and check it out for yourself if you like thrifting like I do. I'm this guy and I'm a real person that gives real rates and say how it is. Nothing made up over here. I tell it how it is. Thanks

Yesterday was a wonderful volunteering day for my daughter and I , we attended the Share Food…read moreProgram at 3111 West Allegheny and there was an incident . I first want to say volunteering was a beautiful thing and hearing the storing behind the program just made it even better and we will be volunteering again . Big shout outs to the employees there for their heroic actions and quick thinking , a special shout out to Dr Ala Stanford . You did a excellent job your fast actions and patience along with the TLC you provided was amazing You took a scary moment for the children ( and myself ) that was there and made it a calm moment for them for what they witness . It was a pleasure volunteering with you side by side and I hope to see you in the future.I can only post this picture because others are in the other ones and I don't have there permission to post them .

My experience with Share is as a volunteer. I've made boxes, packed boxes, and arranged pallets…read more This food distribution center on Hunting Park Ave is sort of between Manayunk and East Falls. There is a dedicated parking lot. This is great for groups as well.

I've received the meals before, I moved and didn't get them sent to my new address I loved them…read more They were cooked by ppl like u and I. They are volunteers and the show so much love my experience was great

Everything, they help a whole lot of organizations that feed the community. The people are very…read morefriendly and helpful.

Amazing space to rent for meetings, recitals, parties, and more. They also offer events throughout…read morethe year, like a Victorian Tea, and tours of the historic Victorian mansion at various times throughout the year.

First of course some history:…read more Hope Lodge was completed in 1748 by Samuel Morris who was a wealthy Quaker businessman. As a young man Sammy worked with his father at a mill complex in Ambler. Later he bought and sold commercial property in Philadelphia along with owning ships, a quarry, kilns, a tannery and Mather Mill which is only a block away from the mansion. As if that wasn't enough, Morris also had side hustles as being the justice of the peace for Whitemarsh, Philadelphia county commissioner and an assessor for Philadelphia county. While Morris supposedly had never been to England, he adopted the most current architectural style of the day in both England and America, Georgian, named for King George I who was reigning at the time. The style was popular in Great Britain for its balance and symmetry. Fun rumor #1 is that Edmund Woolley, architect of Independence Hall, offered some advice on the mansion's design in exchange for some quarried lime and farm goods. Now here's where the historic part comes in. In 1777 the Whitemarsh Encampment, a six-week period of the American Revolution when the Continental Army camped in the surrounding fields after the Battle of Germantown and before encamping at Valley Forge occurs. During that time the house was used as the HQ of George Washington's Surgeon General, John Cochran. Fun rumor #2 is that while Washington never slept at the mansion or on the property, supposedly GW rode his horse through the first floor hallway of Hope Lodge during a visit. There is no evidence to support this claim, even though the hallway is wide enough, but no doubt that Washington would have visited Dr. Cochran frequently during the encampment. Eventually everything gets sold to English banker Henry Hope. Hope, to give you a sense of his importance, has enough juice at the time that Adam Smith in the 4th Edition of his still read today economics masterwork The Wealth of Nations, dedicated the book to Hope. Also if the Hope family name sounds familiar it's because among other things the Hope Diamond was named after them due to their ownership of the diamond. Never intending to live in Whitemarsh, Hope purchased the property as a wedding gift for his ward, James Watmough. It was the Watmoughs who named the site Hope Lodge, in honor of their benefactor. Prior to that and during Samuel Morris's lifetime the property is known as Whitemarsh Farms and Whitemarsh Estate. The property is then sold to a family who for almost the next century uses it primarily for farming. Lack of funds prevented upgrades to more modern things gas lighting and indoor plumbing in the late 19th century which meant the mansion's 18th century integrity is retained. From the Internet: "In 1921 the property is sold to Keasbey and Mattison, a development company whose plan was to demolish the structure and extend a nearby limestone quarry. To save it from destruction, William and Alice Degn bought the property in 1922. Early historic preservationists, they carefully restored the house and added their collection of 18th and early 19th century furnishings. They did not install a central heating system in the main house because of its destructive piping; rather they added a wing onto the existing summer kitchen for a winter residence. Both of the Degns loved flowers, and they created a beautiful rose garden on the south side of the house. After Mr. Degn's death in 1940, and Mrs. Degn's death in 1953, ownership of the house was transferred to the Hope Lodge Foundation, and in 1957, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, Hope Lodge is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the Friends of Hope Lodge, a non-profit support group formed to assist with operations at the site." So what you have today is a house that does not have the historical gravitas of a place where a Founding Father lived, worked or slept but due to the love it has received particularly from the Degn's the actual bones of the house are in amazing condition with the feature being the incomparable woodwork. If you go: Hope Lodge is not unlike a lot of other PHMC sites in that you really have to want to see it. Tours are only done one day a month, usually the 3rd Sunday, at 1pm and 2:30pm. Some months offer special events like a symphony concert, beer tasting, movie night under the stars and the biggie which is the annual re-enactment of the 1777 Whitemarsh Encampment which takes place in November. Tour admission is $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for seniors, $4.00 for youth age 6-17, children under 5 are free and Friends of Historic Hope Lodge members are free. Cash or check only. Active military personnel and their families are also free. Parking is via two smallish lots one on the side of the property near the gardens and the other in the rear of the property. The property is on South Bethlehem Pike which is very easy to get to from both the PA Turnpike and Route 309.

Exquisite site and gardens. Excellent example of 18th century architecture and furnishings. Great…read morehistorical gem in our own backyard.

My favorite local thrift shop! I mean it when I say I leave everytime with excellent finds…read more everything is already mostly on sale and you won't believe the prices... it's not overpriced like many other thrift shops I've been to. And most importantly, it's all for a great cause, too. would highly recommend!

They take the proceeds from the items sold and help pay for spay and neutering. They also donate to…read moreanimal groups.

This place is a gem. It's beautiful, serene, somewhat whimsical. We went last week and the fall…read morecolors were stunning. It's a place I think I'll go back to with every season. And next time I wanna go early enough that I can do the house tour as well.

Beautiful scenery for a good price, parking needs to be reserved before 3 so make sure you do that…read morebeforehand as there is no parking nearby! Very walkable if you're looking for a short day