SIGN for the Times
The Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, commonly known as SIGN, is a not-for-profit agency in Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada that provides 24 social and community programs and services ranging from daycare and before-and-after school programs to parenting and family support, from senior mobility to assistance for those living with HIV, from housing support to vocational employment, from walk-in counselling services to Indigenous cultural programs. Our podcasts explore those programs and include conversations with people who speak first-hand about the issues they have faced, but more importantly, how they have successfully overcome them.
SIGN for the Times
Serendipity Thrift Store: People Helping People
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SIGN Communications
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Season 1
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Episode 10
Serendipity Thrift Store, located on Broadway St. in Yorkton and operated by Yorkton Victory Church, is a great example of people helping people -- goods ranging from baby clothing to large furniture items are donated to the store, and resold at very affordable prices to those who can make good use of them -- and sometimes given to them in cases of great need. We talk to the pastor of the church about his motivation for operating the store, and the store manager and a volunteer about the day-to-day activities.