Not only does this produce cash for our partner nonprofits to support the families they serve, but gives cherished items a new life with people who need them. It also gives our local community of families, single parents, foster parents, and grandparents the possibility of purchasing quality items they could otherwise not afford. 

Items that are not sold at the store are given to maternity homes and single moms, foster children and families, orphanages in Haiti and Mexico, trafficked girls, kindness bags in Simi Valley, Russian & Ukraine immigrants, homeless shelters, schools and other like-minded nonprofits serving the under resourced. We team with churches and groups who serve and support us with our mission. We work with the school district to help homeless and near-homeless families. We even hosted a summer reading event with the public library! 

Families who do not have any financial means to buy items for their baby have received baby showers. Ladies decorated, made delicious refreshments, played shower games and provided gifts of needed items - most being purchased at Tiny Treasures at a fraction of the retail cost. One such family had escaped the war in Ukraine with just their one suitcase. These gals usually go on to be supported as they raise their children.

This yearly program gives these families the opportunity to shop at no cost to them for their specific needs at Christmas time and beyond. This connection with our school district continues to grow as we look for more ways to help families in need with material items such as clothing, shoes and socks.

This funding is possible because of all the donations we receive from our supporters and our customers who continue to shop at the store.

We sort, clean, price and merchandise all our items for our customers on a daily basis. Excess items and items that we are not able to keep are shared with partnering organizations. Items are also given to other organizations when they have a family in need of an item. We held a diaper drive for the Real Options Women's Clinic who provides free diapers for families in need. We continue to collect diapers and baby wipes on an ongoing basis for the clinic as well as the maternity homes. Thousands of diapers have been provided! 

That is almost 100 hours a week! It takes a large team to sort, tag and merchandise the donations, and work with customers in the store. Many groups come in after store hours to supplement this effort in order to keep up with the donations and sales.  There are also hundreds of hours worked behind the scenes doing bookkeeping, promotions and outreach, transportation and more for the nonprofit. We are so thankful for all of our volunteers who each have a heart to help and support our local families.