Since July 2018, the Loving Hands Thrift Store has continued to support Loving Hands Ministries. The store has two buildings in one location. The 701 (Furniture Store) and 719 (Main Store) Manatee Avenue East carry everything from furniture to household goods and are known as the Thrift Store with “Cool Factor”! With steady growth, the stores added a 10-foot box truck to pick up and deliver furniture while accepting all other clothing, household goods, and interior home items at the main store during business hours.
You will find Volunteer opportunities galore with options for staging and rearrangement, cleaning, donation sorting, and customer assistance.
Store Hours: Monday-Friday 10-4 and Saturday 10-2 Closed Sundays
Phone:941-757-3434 for additional questions and to schedule furniture pick-up
You can also find us on Facebook: @lovinghandsthriftstore
About the Ministry
Loving Hands Ministries is a two-year residential program that accepts young men 18-40 years of age with life-controlling addictions. Loving Hands Ministries has three campuses, including Palmetto and Dade City, Florida, and a third in Reidsville, Georgia, that opened in October 2022. Each campus has a Bootcamp structured feel that includes many teaching sessions and biblical training, plus schooling to begin their changed lives with an edge. Established in the 80s by founders Pastor Wendall and Nancy Wilson and now overseen by daughter Kimberly Wilson Dodson the ministry boasts an average of 80% success rate.
For more information and application for the program, go to www.lovinghands.net or call the Palmetto Campus at 941-747-5683.
