Saturday, December 20, 2008

At the secondhand store

There's a great secondhand store called Emmaus not far from us in France. The neat thing about this store is that it was a concept started in the 40s by a man who had a vision for getting down and out people off the street and giving them a job. Some chapters also provide housing. In essence it's a community and a support system along with a secondhand store. Each section of the store has a person in charge and they carefully register every purchase. It's really a wonderful concept and makes one feel even better about getting great stuff at great prices!












5 comments:

Ellie said...

can we go sometime?? it looks like so much fun!

Hi! My name is Janet. said...

haha. i remember when we went! it IS fun ellie! (and it kind of smells...)

M.E. said...

Your photography makes it look like a boutique rather than a second hand place!! I wanna go when you take Ellie!!

Rose said...

Reminds me of the MCC stores we frequented as kids; except your store has more variety...

Mike said...

My kind of place. I'd be there with you folks. The furniture looks interesting. too. Lots of comments-meaning lots of interest in 'recycling'?