Great team of people (100% volunteer staffed) filling a real need in North Iowa…read more Dedicated volunteers distribute much need grocery's to our regional communities.

This place is probably the nicest true thrift store we've been in. It's a nice step up from the…read morestandard spot where you find some of what you need and end up wading through a whole pile of crap getting there. In addition to the standard stuff, they've got some glass cases up front where the nicer items live. When we were there they had a couple older books including some first editions. Nothing I'm looking for, but something we weren't used to seeing in a place like this! Well worth checking out whatever your second hand store needs!

Okay, I get that covid is a thing and people are under a lot of restrictions because of it. It was…read more3:58 today when I was approached and told to leave the store because they were closing at 4 pm. The people approaching me were ignorant and rude about it too. They proclaimed that they have been closing at 4pm every day for the last month and I know down right that was incorrect because they only recently reopened 3 weeks ago. Even still most stores will allow people to continue to shop until they are finished. Don't waste your money here. The employees are extremely rude.

Great service and turn around time. Very very accommodating! Highly recommend taking your jewelry…read morehere!! . They sized my engagement ring within hours because I am traveling and it was a holiday weekend. Jaimi was extremely nice and really went above and beyond to help me out. Repairs/sizing done onsite and quality of work is outstanding. Thank you Jaimi for great service!!

Best jewelry store around!!, very accommodating and professional, I come up from Florida to have…read moreall my jewelry repairs done and buy from, they have stunning jewelry!!

I did my internship for my Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology at a behavioral modification…read moreacademy. As a graduate student, you can't be picky with your choices so when I was accepted I took it. This was the summer, fall, and winter, of 2012 at Gerard Academy in Austin, MN. The levels of abuse at Gerard were extreme and undoubtedly led to permanent trauma . They are run like a cult. The therapists are forced to follow strict guidelines which they are not allowed to deviate from in anyway. The therapists purposely insulate themselves from how the children are being treated away, from therapy. I personally witnessed attack or "confrontational" therapy twice. I was myself traumatized by what I saw. Literally it was like a dog fighting pit, with therapists and staff goading the children with sharpened sticks. I refused to work in that unit once that happened, and changed to a different age group. I confronted staff about forcing children to sit for hours on end without being able to utter a word. I was basically told "Your an intern, STFU." I also confronted the director about basic psychological principles that he clearly was misusing/abusing, which got me nowhere. Children were mainly sent there for reasons stemming directly from parental overreach (neglect or abuse), or simple things like accessing porn. The Psychiatrist's gave blanket diagnoses for every child, and thus gave everyone the same meds... The Psychiatrists were all of the old guard and not open to any research, or new information from their days being trained in the 70's. At the time I was at Gerard EVERY child had "Asperger's." Returning to the cult theme: The tests, measurements, and metrics used for treatment plans were treated like the Scripture. Even though they lacked serious credibility, peer review, and used catch all labels and diagnoses. The founder of the school was viewed as a God. The director and governing body were treated as divinity. Essentially everything at the school contradicted all the undergraduate and graduate education I had received in my life. As an intern I had no agency, no efficacy, or effective means to change anything. I couldn't trust anyone, so I had to keep my mouth shut as children were misdiagnosed and maltreated. I did research into reporting the school. There was ONE (Alderman) inspector to examine my claims, against an entire academy and the multimillion dollar conglomerate that owned several of these schools. The only result of reporting them would have been the cancelation of my internship, and the promise of never getting another one. If you care about your kids don't send them here!

Gerard Academy is a wonderful place!!! This place actually helps people and the staff are so…read moreamazing and kind!!! I recommend this place for any kid or teenager with mental health issues or any other circumstances. They will get the help they need 100%!