SHARE Nelson operates a second hand store at 520A Falls Street in Nelson, British Columbia, stocking housewares, clothing, and furniture that come through community donations rather than wholesale purchasing. What makes SHARE Nelson different from a typical thrift shop is the extra step its staff and volunteers take with dated or worn donated items, upcycling and reworking pieces that would otherwise be unsellable in their original form into something ready for a new home, a practice that keeps more material out of the landfill than straightforward resale alone would manage. That creative reworking is baked into how the shop describes its own mission, supporting humanity and responsible ecology through the resale of used goods, treating environmental stewardship and community support as two sides of the same operation rather than separate goals.
The store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 in the morning to 5 in the evening, closed on Sundays and statutory holidays, giving Nelson residents and visitors to the Kootenays a predictable weekly schedule for browsing new donations as they arrive. Nelson itself is a small city known for its artsy, independent retail character and its setting on Kootenay Lake, and SHARE fits into that landscape as a community minded alternative to national chain thrift stores, run through the Kootenay Christian Fellowship rather than a corporate parent. Shoppers looking for affordable furniture, kitchenware, or clothing can expect a rotating selection driven entirely by what the community donates and what the shops upcycling team decides to rework, which means the exact mix of inventory changes week to week rather than following a predictable retail pattern.
What sets SHARE Nelson apart most clearly is where the proceeds go. Rather than funding a distant head office or shareholders, sales at SHARE directly support Our Daily Bread, a Nelson based community lunch program that provides subsidized hot meals to roughly fifty people a day, making every purchase at the store a direct contribution to local food security. That connection between secondhand shopping and hunger relief gives the shop a clear, tangible community purpose beyond simply diverting used goods from the dump, and it is a detail the store highlights prominently in its own materials rather than treating as a footnote.
SHARE Nelson also welcomes dogs into the store, provided they are supervised and either leashed or carried, a small policy that reflects the shops generally relaxed, community feel rather than a strict retail atmosphere. The business maintains an active presence on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok under the handle sharenelson, where volunteers post new arrivals and upcycled transformations, and the shop continues to welcome new volunteers interested in helping sort donations, staff the till, or take part in the upcycling process. Anyone interested can reach out directly by phone at 250-352-1222 or by email at share@kcfoffice.com.
SHARE Nelson is a Kootenay Christian Fellowship run thrift store on Falls Street where secondhand furniture, clothing, and housewares sales directly fund Our Daily Bread, Nelsons subsidized community lunch program serving about fifty people daily.
