The Empowering Community Report September 2026

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The Empowering Community Report

A Kelowna S.H.A.R.E. Society Quarterly Newsletter

Our quarterly community report gives you insight into who we are, what we're working on, important events for S.H.A.R.E., who we're working with, and how you can help!

Introducing the Kelowna Thrift Trail!

We are thrilled to share out latest social enterprise, the Kelowna Thrift Trail (KTT)!

The Kelowna Thrift scene has grown into a destination for thrifting, and we have put together curated experiences to shop them and enjoy the best of Kelowna's hospitality at the same time.

Our electronic KTT map has been customized to ensure you find vintage gems packaged into Okanagan days that you'll enjoy from beginning to end. Our Loops include our recommendations of must stops to enjoy along the way, and the best ways to tour each Loop.

Find a link to the KTT below, and please consider making a small donation to SHARE in exchange for use of the map to help us support our community.

Visit the Kelowna Thrift Trail Here

Re:Up Studio Updates

Looking to volunteer at SHARE? The RE:UP Studio may be the place for you!

We are creating Pumpkins for Halloween, and we have some special projects for Christmas coming up. Our hours for the RE:UP Studio are Wednesday to Friday from 10 to 4:00.

If you are interested, please email Heather at: sharesociety.heather@gmail.com.

New Products in our Thrift Store

Check out the new dresses that have been added to the Re:Up section of our thrift store. All have been made with love in our studio from up-cycled materials and are available for $50. They are all one size fits most, and if one catches your eye be sure to pop in and grab it before they're gone.

Our most recent tee tote order was for our social enterprise, the Kelowna Thrift Trail! We would love to create a custom order for you program, conference, or organization.

To find out more about our bags or to place an order, please email us at re_up@kelownasharesociety.ca.

Adopt a Family Hamper Program

We are gearing up for our annual Adopt a Family Hamper Program for the holidays. This program aims to help families and individuals in our community ensure that financial stress doesn't interfere with that special time of year.

We are looking for Sponsors for this Christmas 2026! We are collecting monetary donations online and in our thrift store for individual and team/corporate supporters. We are also looking for volunteers to help with shopping, wrapping, putting the hampers together, being an elf for the kids when they pick out gifts for Mom and Dad, as well as people to deliver hampers.

If you are interested in donating, having your company/organization sponsor, or in volunteering, please email Heather, our Director of Programming at sharesociety.heather@gmail.com.

Here is a Family Hamper from last year, all wrapped and ready for delivery!

New Team Members at SHARE

We would like to give a special welcome shout out to our new team members:

Noah
Aster
Alysha
Aaron
Jordan
Rylan
Anthony
Jenn

We're so excited to have you join the team!

Collaboration Corner

We have been fortunate to work with the Canadian Veterans Services Society (CAVSS) since they opened their Kelowna office two years ago. Our initial collaboration was when they reached out to us to generously provide a large donation of clothing to our thrift store, and this collaboration led to us starting our weekly Veteran's Discount Day. In addition, our Re:Up studio created tee totes for CAVSS to use at their Clearwater Retreat.

CAVSS has two locations in BC, the first office in Kelowna opened two years ago, and provides 75 veterans with food bi-weekly, while also helping to pay rent, bills, prescriptions and other supports as needed.

CAVSS is looking for financial support through monthly donors and corporate partnerships in Kelowna. They are also looking to add some local members to their Board of Directors, and are in need of some items for their food pantry (see below). For additional information on everything This Canadian Veterans Services Society has to offer, how to donate, and contact information, please click the button below to visit their website.

Learn more about CAVSS

Thrift Talk

We have recently expanded the boutique section of the store by adding more boutique clothing and doing some rearranging. It looks great, and provides a separate space to showcase some amazing finds! We've also added a shoe section to the clothing room, with plenty of styles and sizes to browse through. Our final reorganization was the upstairs craft section, which has been revamped to add a ton of new and reused fabric, giving you even more materials to choose from.

We are getting prepared to launch our Halloween decor very soon, so stay tuned for that!

Upcoming Promotions:

For a limited time, we will be introducing a Wheel of Fortune promotion with a variety of prizes. Prizes will range from $5 off a purchase to a free stamp on the punch card available at the cashier.
We will be offering a Buy One, Get One Free promotion on select media, including VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu rays.
Very shortly, we will be introducing a Pink Tag 50% Off Sale. All clothing throughout the store with a pink tag will be 50% off during the promotion.

Thanks for your ongoing support, and we look forward to seeing you in store soon!

Learn more about SHARE

Upcoming Events

We are excited to be part of two amazing vintage events coming up! The details of the first event are below, and stay tuned for more details on the Corner Events vintage market on November 22nd at the Laurel Packing House from 10 to 4!