Harrington said some of the more interesting items she's seen at the new warehouse include a one-piece child's bedroom set with a bed connected to a dresser and table, a huge chandelier and a few appliances.
"We wanted to go ahead and make this change while we could," she said. Concerns about budget cuts next year made the relocation a major priority, Harrington said. That increase, as well as costs for the move, came out of unrestricted money the center had saved. Nancy Harrington, executive director of the women's center, said the rent at the new location is about $1,500 more a month than before. "This just gives us a chance to exhibit larger items," Morris said. What makes the move more substantial is that now, in addition to accepting donations and storing donations at the warehouse, Rags to Riches may also sell the larger items out of the warehouse. In addition, at the store behind Luther's Bar-B-Q, there was little room to display the larger donated items, such as furniture. At Rags to Riches' previous donation center, there was barely enough room for the women's center to accept and log donations, Morris said. She said the center's clients are allowed first pick of the items donated to the rags to Riches stores, and what's left over is then resold to the general public.Īll proceeds from the sales go back into the general-operating budget for the women's center. Sonia Morris, manager of both resale stores, said this is the primary reason for the center began collecting donations in the first place. When the clients are ready to leave the center's shelter and start a new home of their own, purchasing essentials for such a venture can be expensive. The center offers these clients counseling and a safe place to stay while they work on the legalities involved with their escape. Those clients are, in many cases, trying to escape an abusive spouse who is the family breadwinner.
Rags to Riches is also a valuable asset to the clients who require the center's services. That kind of operation requires funds from more than just government grants, and that is where Rags to Riches comes in. The center's newest shelter provides sanctuary to about 70 women at no charge for a set period of time. The women's center, a nonprofit agency, serves the community in a variety of ways, most notably by providing services and shelter for women and children who are victims of abuse. That store, which sells clothes, linens and small housewares, has been in the WoodRidge Shopping Center since 1990.
The Rags to Riches Resale Shop, located at 277341 Interstate 45 behind Pier 1 Imports and Luther's Bar-B-Q, across from The Woodlands Mall, is not moving. The move allows the center to now sell large home items, from furniture and beds to appliances and housewares. The Rags to Riches Donation Center recently moved from a small facility to a 7,000-foot warehouse at 1031 Pruitt Road, just south of the intersection between Budde and Sawdust roads.
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