HELEN MITSUI SHARED BLESSINGS THRIFT SHOP

[email protected]
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808-482-4824

OUR MISSION

At the historic heart of our Kilauea community, the Shared Blessings Thrift Shop serves the North Shore, offering affordable quality goods from generous community donations. 

We are committed to the well-being of our neighbors and our island home. Our welcoming staff and volunteers offer compassionate respectful service within a safe engaging gathering place. 

Funds from the Thrift Shop support Christ Memorial Episcopal Church and its community outreach programs.  

The Helen Mitsui
​Shared Blessings Thrift Shop
Open Hours

​Wednesday: Open 1:00-5:00
(donations accepted 1:00-3:00)

Thursday: Open 1:00-5:00
​(no donations accepted) 

Friday: Open 1:00-5:00
​(no donations accepted) 

Saturday: Open 10:00-3:00
(donations accepted 10:00-12:00)

​​Sunday: Shop closed
Monday: Shop closed
Tuesday: Shop closed​

Donation Intake​

Wednesday: donations accepted 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Saturday: donations accepted 10:00 am -12:00 pm

 Please support our intake process by donating items that are in good condition, clean, separated and organized into types of things, and in working order. 

Please bring donations behind the shop. 

Please do not leave donations outside of our intake hours.

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Christ Memorial sponsors the Helen Mitsui Shared Blessing Thrift Shop, often called the “best shopping” on the north shore! Our shop serves our neighbors and many island visitors with supplies and souvenirs. The store features a wide variety of gently used and new items.

Most popular items include clothing, linens, books, household goods and home decor. Merchandise is replenished daily and moves quickly due to affordable prices. Proceeds support the church's outreach programs and ministries.

DONATION GUIDELINES

• Donations welcome only during donation hours behind the shop. Please do not leave donations on the porch or on the property outside of donation hours. See schedule above. 
• Please bring donated items that are in good and working condition, clean and organized so that we can prepare them easily for the shop floor with limited staff. 
• When road access is available at the back of the shop, you may drive to the back of the building for unloading assistance. 
• Large donations of furniture, appliances, TVs, electronics, and mattresses are not accepted given limitations of space. 
• Receipts provided on request. 

E-WASTE

We are unable to recycle your e-waste.  Your non-working television, computer, printer, and other electronic waste can be delivered for recycling to the Puhi Metals Recycling Center. More information:  Puhi Metals, 245-6919, or County Recycling Office, 241-4841.

Meet Aunty Helen!

​Helen Mitsui managed Shared Blessings for more than 30 years and was honored in 2013 for her dedication with the renaming of the shop to bear her name: The Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop. You can read a feature article about her in the Garden Island News HERE.

VOLUNTEER WITH US

​Volunteers are invaluable to serving our community. Our goal is to reuse, repurpose and recycle goods — keeping as much as possible out of landfill — while providing our community with a welcoming shopping experience and access to reasonably priced, quality merchandise. 

Here are ways you can help:
• Greeters welcome shoppers and monitor for safety guidelines.
• Customer Care Givers help shoppers to ensure a pleasant shopping experience.
• Merchandisers organize departments, restock the shop and display retail goods.
• Philanthropy distributes merchandise to organizations in need.
• Donation Intakers receive, sort and process donations.
• Work-from-Home volunteers help prepare merchandise for sale.
 
Volunteer shifts are a 2-4 hour commitment for a minimum of one day per week.
 
If you would like to learn more about volunteering at Shared Blessings, please send an email to [email protected]