Mis'cel'la'ny Finds

About

Miscellany Finds is a social enterprise that operates a thriving East Vancouver thrift store and a variety of social programs for women and youth.

Story

What we are is a committed small business with a social mandate and we work to that every day.

W4′s Social Enterprise Mandate

- Turning Opression into Opportunity for marginalized women accessing services through W4
-Alliances with charities and or social agencies to offer ongoing support for local and international initiatives
- Achieve responsible reconsumption: The act of consuming second life products that in turn will benefit ones local community. We are committed to communicating the benefits of responsible reconsumption to our communities.
- Achieve an environmental outcome-reduce what goes into the land fill, encourage re-use and up-cycling,
- Achieve a social outcome-provide fixed income peoples with affordable merchandise, provide a people a place to volunteer and perform community service hours
- Achieve a community outcome – support local charities, educate women about life skills, act as a bridge between agencies and provide a safe place to perform community service hours.
- Achieve an economic outcome-people in need are given free product, employ community members, provide affordable merchandise

Mission

Miscellany Finds serves as a social enterprise of the non-profit organization, Women Working With Women (W4) in the Hastings - Sunrise community.

The store works to create a revenue stream that empowers W4 to deliver vital social programming to women and their families.

Miscellany Finds:
- Sells gently used brand name clothing and housewares
- Provides women with onsite pre-employment training

Women Working With Women:
- Believes in turning oppression into opportunity

Products

Responible Re-consumption: The act of consuming second life products that in turn benefit ones community.