My Daughter shared with me her wonderful experience while volunteering at N Street, so I took her…read morelead. What a phenomenal effort & execution of charitable support for transitional Women in the D.C area. After taking the Volunteer Orientation which was about 1.5 hours I started to pay it forward. I was able to volunteer a few times before C-19 arose & assisted in the Clothing Closet. For something so simple as setting up & managing free clothing items, it was extremely humbling & rewarding at the same time. I usually use the local donation bins to drop off clothing, yet I started to bring bags of clothes with me to volunteer. I felt like I was doing a little more. Most importantly, regardless of what these resilient women may be enduring, they are always so kind & grateful. I feel so inspired in contributing my time & service to N Street's community mission of empowering & supporting homeless & low-income women in the Washington, D.C. area. Further, it's not just about free clothing, N Street embodies what all-inclusive services means by assisting women for emergency/long-term needs while promoting personal stability in the following areas: *Employment *Free Meals *Housing *Income *Mental/Physical Health & Wellness *Addiction Recovery If you don't have the time to spare, the financial support is just as empowering & for minimal amounts; $29 - Stay at Home Kit, $37 - 30 Nutritious Meals, $100 - One week of housing & services for one woman in the permanent supportive housing. You can also donate through their "Top In-Kind Needs Wish List" on Amazon. All donations are tax-deductible. Their Annual (March) Gala & Auction hosts close to 1,000 guests from the private & public sector in providing the necessary support to N Street. Through my Daughter's employment, she was able to attend this year's event & she said she felt encouraged to serve more. N Street serves close to 2,000 women a year & all donated items are distributed free of charge to the women who uses their services. As someone who has endured certain hardships, I get such a joy in sharing my resources. Plus, I look at volunteering as a two-way street. I share my time to do something positive & in return I get to help the cause while meeting new people & making a difference along the way. Reach out to Donna-Marie, the Volunteer & Donations Manager with any questions: www.nstreetvillage.org. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth" - Muhammad Ali.

N Street is remarkable (even the Dalai Lama came by for a visit). It's probably the reason why this…read moreplace survives on mostly private donations (they have SOME government help in addition to the gala/fancy event they throw). The staff and women that stay here are really amazing. Amanda gave us an extensive history on how the shelter came to be. It's a prime example of what people can do for their community. It's not a matter of waiting for someone powerful or the government to step in, sometimes people need to step up and help each other out. N Street houses homeless women and welcomes those with mental or substance abuse issues. They have a day/night shelter, as well as program/affordable housing, employment services, and classes for women to help with their job skills. They've even set up mailboxes for the women to put on their resumes. Their wellness center offers not only health and mental health services, but also exercise classes and massage/accupunture therapy. Attached to the shelter is Eden House, a 51 unit affordable housing complex, which is open to both men and women (including families). As a volunteer, my crew did mostly cleaning and sorting. Half of us cleaned up a laundry room and then the other group sorted through their donations (clothes/shoes/etc). We sorted things by size, season, and decided whether or not to toss some of it. Seriously people, why would you donate something ripped and incredibly stained? Sometimes it's not always the thought that counts. Sorry for preaching, but the homeless are people too and pity donations like that make me angry. Anyway, we also sorted through the donated electronics and recycled what was no longer usable. All in all it was great volunteering at this one of a kind place. Sign up to volunteer or donate today! ;)

The employees are super nice here but it's gone from being a drop off location and large store to…read morebeing a drop off center with a small book/CD/vinyl/DVD/art and yes VHS area. They have a decent selection and prices are cheap but know before you go so you aren't expecting a full store.

This location is a drop off donation point as well as books, music/dvds, artwork & some toys only…read more If you want the one with clothes & etc... go to the one at Seven Corners: 6136 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22044 (Willston Shopping Center). Its in the same strip mall as 5 Guys, Safeway, Chick-fil-a... Anyway, this location has softcover books & cds for around $0.99 & hardcover books $1.99. They also have sale items depending on color price sticker if you are a member (sign up free). Although the selects are hit and miss, you can't beat the prices for music and books. Much cheaper than other thrift stores. Some cds are still in plastic. I see a lot of younger people browse for vinyl records and there is also a good selection. Most are from people's personal collections. Can't be the prices. Getting in and out can be tricky depending on traffic. And if you feel generous, round up to the next dollar cause you definitely save a lot shopping for your music and reading needs!

I like to shop here bec they get done really fine donations. I picked up a large painting for $60…read moreand a velvet chair for $5. But it's really especially hard to shop for clothes here- I would suggest the clothes be sorted by size rather than color as it is now. And getting rid of the dozens of men's company/school logo tshirts that don't sell for many months but clog up so much of the garment racks.

This thrift store is quaint and small. The staff were ok, they weren't super friendly. I love how…read morethey organize the space, and the price point was fairly affordable. I will go back again.

When you first walk through the door, this looks like a smaller format store, but they do have a…read moredownstairs area as well (no elevator). Everything upstairs is actually well merchandised and the entire upstairs area is carpeted. I've been to so many goodwill's that just looked like they've been trashed, but not this place. Downstairs you'll find plenty of children's wear, toys, men's clothing, bedding, pillows, pictures and some furniture. Upstairs there's lots of women's clothing, housewares, books and media. There's also three dressing rooms to try things on. They use different color tags on the items for additional discounts. Definitely one of the better Goodwills to shop at as the photos below show. The only complaint I have is that they have no public bathrooms. ***1/2

Selection of women's clothing was abundant on the first floor. Selection of men's clothing in size…read moresmall was abundant if one looks in the basement. Children's clothing was abundant. Shoes lacked pricing labels or signage so that was a bit of a surprise and could have been handled better. Parking was scarce in the main lot so I had to park across the street.

Rescheduled on my mother 3 times. The final time the driver lied and told dispatch that Mom…read morecancelled, and said she's only available on weekends. She's a retiree for God's sake. It was painful watching my mother's frustration. I can not recommend.

Extremely unorganized. They kept changing the date to pick up the car and then they told me…read moresomething was wrong with my title and STILL HAVEN'T sent me it back to be fixed. I gave them my car in November. I responded to all their emails telling them it's okay to. Awful customer service. I wouldn't recommend anyone to this organization.