Shoppers in Whitchurch-Stouffville looking for a place to stretch a household budget or drop off a carload of donations will find MCC Care and Share Thrift Shop at 33 Ringwood Drive, one of the many retail outlets Mennonite Central Committee operates across Ontario to fund relief, development, and peace work at home and abroad. The store fills its floor with thousands of individually priced items spanning housewares, clothing, books, toys, and general household goods, giving the York Region community a rotating selection of secondhand merchandise that changes with every new round of donations. Rather than existing as a standalone thrift business, Care and Share operates as part of a province-wide MCC network, so every purchase made in Stouffville helps fund the same relief and development programs supported by sister MCC thrift shops in New Hamburg, Leamington, Kitchener, Elmira, and dozens of other Ontario communities.
The shop keeps an unusually generous weekly schedule for a volunteer-supported nonprofit, opening Monday through Wednesday from nine in the morning until five in the afternoon, extending its hours on Thursday and Friday until eight at night to accommodate after-work shoppers, and running a shorter nine-to-five day on Saturday before closing entirely on Sunday. That Thursday and Friday evening window sets it apart from many small-town thrift operations that keep strictly daytime hours, giving commuters and families with weekday obligations a real chance to browse after the workday ends.
One feature that distinguishes the Stouffville location from a typical drop-and-shop thrift store is its dedicated furniture pickup service. Residents donating larger pieces can schedule a pickup for Tuesday or Thursday, provided they book at least two weeks in advance, and the shop asks that furniture be free of pet hair, smoke odor, stains, or damage, with certain oversized items excluded from the program. That structure lets the shop responsibly manage larger donations while still keeping its retail floor focused on manageable, well-maintained pieces that will move quickly. Anyone with questions about a donation or pickup can reach the store directly at 905-640-1410 or by email at careandshare@mcco.ca.
Because the shop channels its proceeds through Mennonite Central Committee rather than keeping them, every purchase at Care and Share becomes part of a larger chain of humanitarian funding that reaches well beyond Stouffville itself, supporting international relief and development projects alongside local community initiatives. The shop frames this model as a sustainable and impactful way to save natural resources, positioning secondhand shopping as both an environmentally conscious choice and a direct contribution to global relief work, a pairing that has helped MCC thrift shops build loyal repeat customers across the many towns where the organization operates in Ontario. For residents of Whitchurch-Stouffville and the surrounding York Region communities, the shop offers an easy way to combine affordable household shopping, responsible furniture disposal, and charitable giving in a single Ringwood Drive stop.
MCC Care and Share Thrift Shop in Stouffville is a nonprofit thrift store where every purchase of secondhand clothing, housewares, books, and furniture helps fund Mennonite Central Committees local and global relief, development, and peace programs.
