History

In 1955, Alice Skeels, President of the Women’s Guild, founded St. Peter’s Thrift Shop. The church supplied the space in the school building whereby parishioners and others could bring discarded clothing and household items to be recycled. Since then, volunteers have been accepting, sorting, pricing, and selling merchandise and offering friendship to one another and their customers.

During the summer of 2015, the shop was reorganized and its three rooms were named to honor historically active volunteers. The workroom became JoAnn’s Workroom, named after JoAnn Rella, a wonderfully efficient manager of incoming shoes and clothing.  The selling rooms were named A.L.I.C.E.’S. and Nancy’s Nook. A.L.I.C.E.’S. was named after Alice Skeels, Agnes Vincent, Lee Fergusson, Louise Hoffman, Irene Nakonechy, Cindy Brady, Elsie Richelieu, Ethel Fitzroy, Evelyn Bennington, Sally Mills, and Steve Messarosh. Nancy’s Nook was named after Nancy Rose, a long-time manager of that room who enjoys helping people find treasures.