On West 3rd Street in North Vancouver, the Good Stuff Connection thrift store sells clean, high-quality, low-cost clothing, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and children, alongside toys, jewelry, and other unique secondhand finds, all under a name that doubles as its mission statement: connecting good stuff with people who need it. The shop sits at 154 West 3rd Street on the North Shore, open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with donation drop-off accepted a little earlier in the day window, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closures observed on statutory holidays.
What separates Good Stuff Connection from an ordinary secondhand shop is where its proceeds go. The store operates as a revenue generator for the North Shore Crisis Services Society, and the organization states plainly that 100 percent of public donations directly support its housing and community services for women and children experiencing abuse. Every dollar spent on a jacket, a pair of shoes, or a piece of jewelry at this North Vancouver storefront flows back into crisis housing and support programming on the North Shore rather than into private profit, making a routine thrift-store visit a direct, if small, act of local community support.
The store also runs a second, less visible program alongside its public retail floor: a companion clothing service that provides free clothing to clients of the crisis services society and to people referred in by other social service partners in the community. That dual structure, a public storefront generating revenue on one side and a no-cost clothing program serving referred clients on the other, lets the same donated inventory serve two different groups of North Shore residents at once, stretching every donated item further than a standard for-profit or single-purpose charity shop could.
Good Stuff Connection has also kept its doors open through disruption. The store has continued operating during ongoing construction at its site, temporarily shifting donation drop-off to the back entrance driveway rather than closing while work is underway, a practical accommodation that keeps both the retail side and the donation pipeline running for a community that relies on both. The organization’s offices, separate from the retail floor, are located nearby at 147 West 16th Street, reflecting a broader North Shore Crisis Services Society operation that extends well beyond the storefront itself into direct housing and crisis support work.
For North Vancouver shoppers, Good Stuff Connection offers an everyday option for affordable clothing and household finds with a clear local cause attached, open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on West 3rd Street. Good Stuff Connection is a North Vancouver thrift store where every purchase funds housing and crisis support services for women and children on the North Shore.
