About Us

LOTUS HOUSE THRIFT, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of the Foundation

 

Lotus House Thrift Chic Boutique is an essential partner with Lotus House in assisting women, youth, and children experiencing homelessness improve the quality of their lives on every level and achieve greater self-sufficiency. Lotus House Thrift serves as a vehicle for building grassroots support and raising public awareness so that solutions to end homelessness can remain inclusive. Your purchases and donations help the families we serve by: 

  • Supporting Lotus House Operations and Programming-All proceeds go to fund the shelter, meals and key wrap-around services, including education, employment, counseling, health & wellness, and alternative pathways to healing.
  • Meeting Basic Clothing Needs-Donated items ensure that women, youth and children we serve have basic shoes and clothing, including proper interview outfits and work attire for free when they are most in need.
  • Furnishing New Homes-When families are ready to move out of Lotus House, Lotus House Thrift helps them outfit their new homes with donated household goods and furniture items.

    Lotus House Thrift is key in providing job training in retail and barista training in a “real world” setting for interested guests of Lotus House so that they are able to increase their employment opportunities and economic independence. 

    Retail Job Training Program

    Our Retail Job Training program offers our interns hands-on vocational training in the retail business, and an opportunity to learn about every aspect of operations of a retail store, including marketing and sales strategies, money-handling and cash register skills, receiving and displaying merchandise, sorting and storing inventory/donations, and developing customer service skills

     

    Barista Job Training Program

    With assistance from Panther Coffee and their experienced team of baristas, we have developed a Barista Job Training Program focused on preparing candidates to enter the barista and restaurant industry. The Café at Lotus House Thrift acts as a “working classroom” providing a fast-paced work environment where interns are immersed in making espresso and building customer service skills, as they learn the ins and outs of running a food-service establishment.

     

 

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