Design Consign was created to make downsizing easy.
Along with subsidiary company S. Thomas & Associates Estate Sales, we handle large scale estates to individual consignments.
Gonvick: 226 Elm Street Gonvick, MN 56644
218-776-2789
P.O. Box 155 Clearbrook, MN 56634
Clear Waters Life Center (CWLC) is a multi-faceted 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with two locations in Northern Minnesota. We provide a variety of free and low cost services through four programs and five businesses. Our nonprofit businesses provide vocational training for our MSH residents volunteer opportunities and quality, affordable, and used merchandise to our customers.
Our community based programs focuses on helping youth, seniors, and addiction recovering men by building lives, growing relationships, and imparting hope.
Mustard Seed Homes (MSH) is a recovery and aftercare residential program for adult men providing support groups, vocational and life skills training, and steps to developing a healthy spiritual and physical life. As an outreach ministry of Clear Waters Life Center, MSH is a faith-based, 12-month, residential men’s program that provides training in a safe environment, to maintain sobriety, stabilize mental health, and transition to independence. We focus on development in two areas: life skills and vocational/occupational training. Life skills include budgeting, planning and preparing nutritious meals, time management, and personal health through exercise. Vocational and occupational training included 2-5 hours of adult education weekly, experience in building construction, using a commercial kitchen, furniture repair, janitorial services, helping in a greenhouse and garden center, and retail.
MSH is funded in part with housing support and supportive services from the department of human services. Applicants who meet DHS requirements can complete this program with no personal costs.
mustardseedhomes.org
Youth Connection is an afterschool youth program that provides a safe place for play, mentoring, leadership training, and family and community connections. We focus on three things: creativity, being active, and teaching and embodying our core values of honor, respect, teamwork, relationships, encouragement, faith, and safety. We offer programing for 3rd – 5th graders and 6th – 12th graders.
Senior Services include transportation services, homemaking and chore services for clearwater county residents who are 60+ years old.
Transportation Services: if you need a ride to an appointment, community event, or shopping, we can take you there. Plan ahead to schedule your ride as 24 hours advance notice is required. 218-888-2320
Homemaking (Free Service, donations accepted)
- General Housework
- Laundry
- Sorting/organizing
- Shopping
- Answering or making phone calls
Chore Services (Free Service, donations accepted)
- Winterization projects
- Small outdoor repairs
- Furniture/ appliance removal- landfill run
- Snow removal and/or spring yard clean-up and maintenance
Community Opportunity are designed to educate, provide space for fun, and connect the community through art classes, pickleball, community dinners, adult basic education, counseling, and recovery and support groups.
During the summer we host Friday night out dinner events featuring different ethnic or regional foods. Free will offerings go to CWLC building maintenance.
We have two art studios in our Gonvick facility: pottery and mosaic. All ages are welcome and all supplies are provided. Cost is $5 a day, memberships available, varies classes are held throughout the year ranging from painting to welding.
CWLC hosts Celebrate Recovery meetings throughout the year. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain, or addiction of any kind. It is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling your life.
CWLC offers counseling services in a variety of areas for all ages. Appointments required, call ahead to schedule.
Adult basic education is offered Tuesdays 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Wednesday 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. at our Clearbrook location. We believe that education never goes out of style. Our offering are designed to meet you where you are. This is a free service, call ahead to set up your individualized training.
Shop at the Top is our volunteer operated thrift store in Clearbrook where we sell clothing for the whole family as well as home goods, games, pet supplies, books, small appliances, and knick-knacks. The proceeds from Shop at the Top goes to maintaining our buildings. We are always interested in volunteers, you can call our office or stop in to get more information. We take donations during business hours. Located on the 3rd Floor of Clearbrook site. Hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Restore It! is our used furniture shop in Clearbrook, as well as, custom furniture crafting and restoration business. Our MSH residents learn life and vocational skills by creating custom furniture pieces and restoring furniture. We take donations during business hours. Located on the 3rd Floor of Clearbrook site. Hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Grow It! our greenhouse and garden center in Gonvick. We grow many varieties of flowers and vegetables starting mid-May to early July. If you need help putting planters together, we also provide commission planting services.
Fitness in Clearbrook is a weight room and gym. Membership fees are low and help us maintain the equipment.
Clearbrook Hours: Monday – Thursday 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday 6:30 a.m. – 5;30 p.m. & Saturday 8 a.m. -12 p.m.
Space Rentals are available in both Gonvick and Clearbrook for small to large parties, classes, meals, meetings, or gatherings.
An extraordinary upscale thrift shop. Proudly supporting the Longville Area Food Shelf
Mission Statement
Support the Longville Area Food Shelf and our community by offering quality, gently used merchandise and an extraordinary shopping experience.
Clothing and household items available
Akeley Regional Community Center is a not for profit thrift store. Many new items come to the thrift store every day. Great for back to school shopping, supplying a dorm room, changing your decor and a great book room to update reading material.
The ARCC also has a meeting room, gymnasium, library, and an archery club all available for use.
Common Goods is a trendy thrift store for the community-minded shopper, owned by Bridges of Hope.
Common Goods Baxter
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Donation Hours: Monday – Friday 10-6 (As space allows)
Enter the 3rd set of glass doors and someone will help you.
Location:
17140 State Hwy 371
Brainerd, MN 56401
Finding Us: We are approximately 2 miles north of Holiday Inn Express on Hwy 371, next to Takedown Gym on the east side of the road (just north of the Pine Beach Road stoplights).
Common Goods Crosslake
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Donation Hours: Monday – Friday 10-6 (As Space Allows)
Location:
35562 Co Rd 66
Crosslake, MN 56442
Common Goods Crosby
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Donation Hours: Monday – Friday: 10-6 (As Space Allows)
Location:
27 W. Main Street
Crosby, MN 56441
We have a large selection of clothing, kitchen wares and furniture. Proceeds are returned to the community. Open Monday & Wednesday from 9am-5pm, Fridays 9am-2pm. 1/2 price last Fri. of the month.
Drop in Center
Our vision is to provide people shelter & stability, while valuing their dignity, humanity & worth.
Drop-in centers provide a space for homeless individuals to spend time and connect with services. Spaces are typically open during the day or evening hours.
New Day Center provides shelter, wi-fi, coffee, TV, laundry and a mail address for anyone who needs it.
Itasca County Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization. We partner with people who are dedicated to eliminating substandard housing, both locally and worldwide.
Together, we aim to eliminate substandard housing through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes, by pushing for fair housing policies, and by providing training and resources to help families improve their living conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a safe, decent and affordable place to call home.
ReStore:
Itasca County Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a unique home improvement store. We sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances at a fraction of retail price. That means you save money! We take those dollars and reinvest them in affordable houses right here in Itasca County. The home improvement materials you see in our store are donated by people right here. We pass those savings on to you AND build more houses.
Our ReStore entrance is located at the side of the building, at the back of our administrative office.
Buy or donate gently used clothing or household items.
Bemidji:
407 Beltrami Avenue NW Bemidji MN 56601, 218-759-2147
Other Locations
Crosslake:
36052 County Rd 66 Crosslake, MN 56442, 218-692-9455
Brainerd:
514 C Street NE, Brainerd, MN 56401, 218-829-8493
Grand Rapids:
1202 NW 4th Street Grand Rapids, MN 55744, 218-326-6843
Hibbing:
315 East Howard St Hibbing, MN 55746, 218-262-5633
Encore Family Consignment began in 1989. For over two decades, we have served the area with quality resale clothing for the family, accessories, home decor, movies, books, toys, and more! Consignments arrive daily so stop in often to see what’s new!
Building (Interest free home loans):
Northwoods Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent, affordable homes with selected partners who contribute 300 hours of sweat equity either by working on their own or other Habitat homes, or volunteering with Habitat and sells the home to the partner with a zero interest mortgage. Must have the ability to pay long term (25-30 year) mortgage and willingness to partner with Habitat.
Habitat Restore:
A building supply thrift store that sells donated surplus and gently used building materials, furniture, appliances and unique items to support H abitat’s building program and eliminate waste in our local landfills.
218-444-6398
A Brush with Kindness (ABWK):
A nation-wide program that serves low-income homeowners struggling to maintain the exterior of their homes. Assistance includes, but is not limited to, exterior repairs, (deck, sidewalk, ramp, painting, etc.) landscaping, and yard clean up. For low income homeowners (seniors, veteran, people with disabilities).
Pequot Lakes Vintage, recycled items, useable everyday items for sale.
Grand Rapids Thrift Store
Restore It! is our furniture shop in Clearbrook
as well as custom furniture crafting and restoration business.
There is also the As-Is room at our Gonvick facility, open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30-3!
Low cost, refurbished or repurposed used furniture available for sale. Donations of good, used furniture accepted. Custom refinishing is available.
Stop Drop and Shop is an affordable clothing, accessories, & household goods boutique.
A part of Clearwater DAC
The Door Coffeehouse and Temporary Emergency Shelter provides shelter for people needing a place to stay as they seek other resources such a s housing, jobs, or treatment. We also provide clothing and household items to those in need.
Bearly Used is located on Main Street in Park Rapids, MN. The store is a popular stop amongst locals and town visitors. Bearly Used employs Hubbard County DAC clients to help with sorting items, stocking shelves, pricing and more.
Employee’s have the right to turn down donations if they are not in clean, sellable condition.
What We Accept:
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Apparel & shoes
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Books, movies, & games
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Toys
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Small Household Appliances
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Housewares
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Jewelry & Accessories
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Linen & Bedding
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Antiques
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Small Electronics
What We Do Not Accept:
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Soiled Apparel & Shoes
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Exercise Equipment
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Medical Equipment
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Mattresses OR Box Springs
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Infant/Child Equipment such as:
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crib, car seats, highchairs, pack n’ plays, and strollers
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Furniture
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Food
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Weapons or Explosives
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Construction Materials
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Hazardous waste or items containing hazardous waste, such as: computers, TVs, monitors, stereos, or answering machines
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Microwaves
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Flammable Products