St. Thomas' Thrift Shop

St. Thomas' Thrift Shop We sell donated items such as clothing, furniture, and household items, jewelry, and medical assistance items. Thomas' Episcopal Church.

We sale donated clothing, furniture, and household items. After expenses, the income is returned to the community through the outreach efforts of St.

04/17/2026

Join us for the Thrift Shop parking lot party!!! FREE HOT DOGS, FREE ICE CREAM, FACE PAINTING & MORE! We are here until 8 pm!

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church has two pianos that are no longer needed. To see them please contact the church office, 97...
02/10/2026

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church has two pianos that are no longer needed. To see them please contact the church office, 979-532-1723.

01/23/2026

Anticipating bad weather on Saturday, we will be closed. Look for us to return on Thursday, January 29.

Christmas is almost here! We will be closed Christmas week and New Year's week, reopening on Thursday, January 8, 2026....
12/18/2025

Christmas is almost here! We will be closed Christmas week and New Year's week, reopening on Thursday, January 8, 2026. In the meantime, we still have a pretty good stock of Christmas items, jewelry, and clothing so come see us this week. Christmas greetings to all our loyal shoppers.

11/17/2025

The Thrift Shop will be closed during Thanksgiving week, November 27-29. Come and see us for your Christmas decor during our regular hours, Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Giordano Paving has been hard at work on our parking lot. Here are a few photos and videos of the workers. They expect...
09/11/2025

Giordano Paving has been hard at work on our parking lot. Here are a few photos and videos of the workers. They expect to finish this Saturday. We will reopen to the public on Thursday, September 18. Please note, though signage isn't up yet, donations need to be made to our loading dock on the S. East Avenue side rather than the front porch. Thank you, everyone, for the many good reusable items you may have contributed to this ministry of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. The proceeds go straight into the community as outreach.

This piano has been in our furniture grouping for some time now. It is usable and needs tuning but isn't in good shape ...
09/11/2025

This piano has been in our furniture grouping for some time now. It is usable and needs tuning but isn't in good shape - and we don't have a bench to go with it. We plan to put it out for GFL collection. If you have any interest, come see us next Thursday when we reopen.

Parking lot update - Wet weather has delayed the contractor's plan to work on the Thrift Shop parking lot this week. We...
09/03/2025

Parking lot update - Wet weather has delayed the contractor's plan to work on the Thrift Shop parking lot this week. We expect to return to our normal hours on Thursday, September 18. Anticipating construction beginning on Monday, please leave any donations at our S. East Avenue loading area. Thank you!!!

This morning two of our volunteers took this huge load of "technology" to Ft. Bend Recycling on Blume Road in Rosenberg....
09/02/2025

This morning two of our volunteers took this huge load of "technology" to Ft. Bend Recycling on Blume Road in Rosenberg. Ft. Bend Recycling will take nearly anything that is recyclable, and they are great to work with. However, like us, they cannot use these items and must give/sell them. The Thrift Shop paid around $310 for this recycling service, which is not available in Wharton County.

So PLEASE do not bring us your computer monitors, keyboards, large TV's, and other similar items because (1) we have no place for them and (2) can't sell them. and PLEASE do not leave them at our drop-off platform on the side street. We recommend Fort Bend Recycling and Best Buy, which does have a tech recycling program.

Note: We pay for dumpster service also. The dumpster was emptied by GFL yesterday and is again full. We will pay $265 for this extra visit. $575 in one week! Money well spent?

09/02/2025

Dear St. Thomas' Thrift Shop and Outreach Center friends,

St. Thomas' Thrift Shop has existed since 1983, the inspiration of our Rector at that time, Fr. Ted Heers. We were housed initially in a building on Milam Street near Richmond Road and, having outgrown that location, moved into the current building in 2009.

All funds generated by the Thrift Shop benefit the needy in our community and local nonprofit ministries, not St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Our staff, all volunteers except one, is humbled and awed by the community's many years of awesome generosity! Thank you and keep it up!

We need people to know the Thrift Shop is not a "dump." We cannot take certain things, such as mattresses and boxsprings. To just drop them or any other "trash" on our porch or sidewalk means our staff must move them, by hand, to the dumpster on East Avenue and pay the city to pick them up. The public can help us by not dumping trash here.

Also, we do not have laundry or mending facilities. Soiled or shabby clothing is bagged and sold, and unusable household items are tossed or recycled. We hand- or machine-wash kitchen items good enough to sell, but items that are broken, rusty, or too dirty to ever be clean are thrown out. We also have no place to display floor-model appliances and will no longer accept them. Only counter-top appliances!

Finally, the Thrift Shop parking lot is going to change soon. There will be just one entrance and one exit and angled parking spots marked. There will be two designated "handicapped" spaces, one van-accessible, right near the front door, to the side. Also, we want donations to be made on the South East Avenue side of the building, not the front door.

We look forward to many more happy and busy years partnering with all of you to address our community's needs.

08/28/2025

St. Thomas' Thrift Shop will be closed Monday, September 1 (Labor Day), through Saturday, September 6. We are having the parking lot paved and striped, with designated handicapped parking spaces. This current week (Thursday through Saturday) we are having a 50% sale, so be sure to stop by and see us.

07/22/2025

The Thrift Shop currently has one good upright piano, with bench, in stock and ready to sell and at least two more promised for future delivery. We don't really have the space for pianos and are hoping to sell them via our page. If you're interested, please come and see us on our open days - Thursday through Saturday - 10:00 to 3:00. Happy playing! 🎹

Address

530 E. Milam Street
Wharton, TX
77488

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

(979) 532-1723

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