Thrift Stores in Boynton Beach, FL

“I see a few ppl complaining that FFM is accepting "free" items and jacking up the price, suggesting the ministry is greedy. As a former resident, I know that this is one of the only places that takes in women and men from straight off the street, usually these people have NOTHING but the clothes on their backs. FFM (with the help of donations) provides shelter, delicious food, clothing-mostly name brand, Bibles, toiletries for one's that can't afford to get on their own, and just about anything deemed necessary. They have trucks that they have to keep maintenanced and gassed up for the convenience of donors as they pick up donations. No place is perfect, but FFM is a life saver for so many people fighting addiction. I was there with Mrs. Diane and Mrs. Dy along with Victoria and Ursula. They were very caring.”

“Happily, I was able to pull my car right into the bay and open my trunk. My car was full of clothing, shoes, bedding, housewares... Hopefully somebody else can use things that we can't. They have trucks and schedule pick ups, they even except furniture and appliances.”

“Goodwill makes it so easy to drop off a donation. I just drive up into the bay sort my items into appropriate bins and I'm even offered a receipt. It couldn't be easier to donate housewares, clothing, tchotchkes and stuff that somebody else can use.”

“My friend, Isaac Macdowell, passed away unexpectedly this week. Isaac worked at the @goodwillgulfstream Boynton Beach, so needless to say, we saw A LOT of each other. Before I knew him, I would love to watch him interact with the customers, always smiling and giving compliments to people. ALWAYS saying have a blessed day ? If you were ever feeling down, just cross paths with Isaac, and he'll have you feeling happier and more confident with just a few words. We became friendly, and then, friends. Isaac was with me every step of the way leading up to the opening of @soflo_finds . Isaac had many disadvantages, he had a stroke years before which left him with one side very weak, so he struggled to walk. He was illiterate, so I would imagine that made much difficult for him. He lived in a rooming house that he was desperate to get out of. He would say to me that he just needed to get out of there, the people were very bad people. Drugs, violence, they would mess with him. But he was ALWAYS smiling and grateful and felt blessed! He was such a deep kind soul. We connected. He would tell me he would feel my presence before he would see me. He was such a light in my life. I'd always come home with stories about my Isaac.
He took the bus from west palm to delray on his day off to visit me at the store a few times. The first time he got off far away and walked! The Sweetest. He would just beam at me I have never felt someone's presence so much after they passed. When they told me what happened at Goodwill, I could hear him and feel him holding me, saying, "oh no, Baby Girl, oh no, no, don't cry" and him smiling and hugging me. I know he will always be with me, he was my guardian angel when he was alive, and I would think about that often. Isaac was otherworldly. The Way he grew up in the south, the things he's seen, are something I've only seen in movies, and he lived the horrors of growing up black in the south, yet he was the gentlest...

When he would visit the store, he would INSIST that I read this plaque that I had hanging of a portion of Steve Jobs Stanford commencement speech. He said he loved hearing me read it. And he would make me read it a few times in a row and he would ask that I would read it slowly.

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

I wish he could've gotten to see the expansion of the shop, I can see his face and absolutely feel his pride ?✨️? he would also always say to me, "Baby Girl, you gotta take it slow, take it slow, big things are going to happen, wait and see, but go slow, there's no rush. ?✨️?

Isaac really enjoyed seeing The Color Purple musical recently at the movies. He couldn't stop saying how much it moved him. I'm going to have to check it out.”