Thrift Shop News
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CARS Program – We are partnering with CARS who auctions donated vehicles – Donors will receive free pick-up & tax receipts. Our organization receives revenue! Please Click on the CARS Symbol to start your donation. 
Ralph’s Community Contribution Program – Click Ralphs – Ralph’s Community Contribution Program for the instructions.
Volunteer Awards 2024-2025
Volunteer of the Year
This year’s Volunteer of the Year Award goes to Marilyn Scheininger. Six years of being our Chapter Treasurer is extraordinary. Marilyn balanced the books, wrote checks and never lost a penny. She always kept us financially secure.
Ada Edwards Laughlin Award
Kathy Aubin received the “Ada Edwards Laughlin Award, Behind the Scenes.” Kathy never says “No” to any request for help. She does it all with a smile.
Ann Banning Leadership/Education Award
Shelley de Ganna, the fearless chair of the AL Thrift Shop accepted the “Anne Banning Award for “Leadership/ Education.” Shelley comes with enthusiastic, new ideas, and boundless energy.
News & Events
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Over 700 children experienced a joyful back-to-school clothes shopping experience at Target in Encinitas thanks to the Assistance League! Superintendents, board members and community liaisons from Encinitas, Cardiff, and Solana Beach school districts as well as the Passages and Seeds of Hope programs hugged, grinned and shopped their way through the store. Our AL volunteers […]
Kathy Aubin, Pam Pacilio, and one of our new members, Joanne Orlo, assembled 67 School Supply Kits for the Encinitas Head Start, formerly Solana Beach Head Start.They moved in May to a beautiful, new site off Saxony Road near the Paul Ecke YMCA. The kits included pencils, crayons, scissors, glue sticks, coloring books and dinosaur stickers. […]
The first OSB at Marshalls was held on April 13, 2021. There were 25 families represented. A grant from the Solana Beach City Council allows us to offer all of the children at Solana Beach Head Start an opportunity to purchase school clothes. The mayor of Solana Beach, Lesa Heebner, stopped by to show her support! She […]
Operation School Bell®/Target took place this fall from 10/1/2019 through 10/22/2019. We clothed just under 1200 school children. The event was featured on KUSI News! Click on the image above to view the aired news.
The “Flowers for You” Committee gets together every Monday and creates beautiful flower arrangements. They deliver the flowers to Assisted Living facilities, teachers, and any program or individual in our community that could use a “pick me up”.. The flowers are donated by Franco’s Flowers on Leucadia Blvd, Trader Joes and local florists.
8,800 children of enlisted military families at Camp Pendleton recently enjoyed a free shopping spree for new school clothes courtesy of seven chapters of Assistance League®. This is the sixteenth year that chapters of Assistance League have collaborated to offer this shopping opportunity at Camp Pendleton.
Visit Our Thrift Shop
The Thrift Shop is our primary source of funding for our philanthropic programs. We are proud of our reputation as one of the best and friendliest thrift shops in the Coastal North County San Diego area. Our members work hard to make sure the merchandise is always good quality, clean, and priced fairly.
Shop Information
Address:
1542 Encinitas Blvd.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(located in the Taco Bell mall)
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Sat : 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed Sundays