Thrift Stores
UCP of Nevada manages two thrift stores; one in Sparks, one in Elko. See deals and contact information for each thrift store below.
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Dropping off thrift stores donations
We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you. Please be mindful of when you donate that your items are lightly used. It is a huge financial burden on the company to remove donations that we cannot sell. If you have any questions about hours or donations, please feel free to connect with us.
Sparks Thrift Store: Unacceptable Items
Donations are accepted between the hours of: Monday-Friday 11am-3pm
- Mattresses and box springs
- Bed frames
- Headboards
- Large appliances like stoves, refrigerators, washers, and dryers (mini refrigerators are okay)
- Gas cans
- Hide a bed couch
- Overly Used items
- Household trash or garbage
- Pesticides, insecticides, or chemicals
- Broken Furniture or Futons
Elko Thrift Store: Unacceptable Items
- Tv's & computer monitors
- Pesticides, insecticides or chemicals, incl. Paint and household chemicals
- Mattresses
- Compressed gas - propane, kerosene,butane
- Used tires
- Household trash and garbage
- Scrap lumber, concrete, bricks, or stones
- Air conditioning units, food items and furnaces
- Carpeting or carpet padding
- Power equipment that uses gasoline (lawn-mowers, etc)
- Sofa, loveseats, entertainment centers or other large furniture
Mission Moments
Living Our Why, Building Connections.
It is so fortunate that we can talk about one of our clients who has found a job. Larry has been with UCP for years! He continued to show interest in finding a job out in the community. Larry has some barriers to competitive employment. However, he was determined to find something. He applied and interviewed independently. When Larry announced that he was giving his two weeks’ notice, we approached him to see if he wanted job coaching. He agreed that it would be a good idea to help him and ensure job retention.
Larry
We have been working with Robyn since December 2021. Robyn was formerly employed at a pizza establishment. We worked with her on her resume and helping her enhance her interview skills. Robyn worked with our job coach to be prepared for calls she might receive after filling out job applications. Robyn was offered four jobs before she found the best fit for her at the movie theatre. Robyn has now been employed for a month! We are excited to help her maintain her competitive and integrated employment. Bonus, it is close to where she lives, and she loves movies!
Robyn
Logan has been with UCP since 2019, and he started in the day program at Bishop working on his ability to express himself appropriately. Throughout his time at UCP, he had a lot of challenging behaviors and incidents of elopement. UCP and his support team figured out various ways to work on his challenging behaviors and to help him grow. He was in the prevocational program at Bishop so he can stay busy with learning various prevocational skills. When Logan started the prevocational program, his support team agreed to it but was concerned because of his attention span. UCP and team also came up with a plan to address his elopement. Logan started the prevocational program in May and has made a tremendous improvement with not only work but also has not eloped ever since. Logan continues to reach new milestones. He has taken excellent initiative to demonstrate his preferences to ensure that he experiences meaning and value from each day served at UCP.
Logan