Assistance League Thrift and Consignment Shops

My friend and I visited last week. About ten minutes before closing we heard an announcement. Immediately a very pushy woman came up to us and said, «We’re closing, you need to power shop or something.» Then she hovered. My friend left immediately she was so offended. I stayed a minute more and noticed that several women were lined up to make purchases. This has always been one of my favorite thrift shops in Beaverton. I even considered joining the organization. I submit that there are more kind ways to alert shoppers of closing and that volunteers should be coached appropriately.

I love consignment/​thrift shopping and enjoy going to this store. The ladies have always been great. The last time I took clothing & household items in they gave me a cart & helped me bring in the load. Their prices are rock-​bottom and as the staff is all volunteer no salaries are paid out of the proceeds. I always find Calvin Klein jeans, Chico’s tops & other name brands.

I’m only giving this a 3 star simply because with the exception of a few racks this is all women’s clothing and I’m a guy. Everything looked quality nicely placed on the racks missing junkie at all in this shop. No bins of toys or shelves full of messiness. One-​third news a consignment section or at least it looked like the other two thirds is the mostly womens portion.
If you’re in the hood it’s worth a stop and a shop.

The furniture side of the store, almost everything was tagged as «sold» but nothing I would actually consider a good value. Sorry but your 25 year old couch is not worth the 350 some poor should paid for.

Both the thrift store and consignment store are wonderful! The consignment store has beautiful crystal, china, furniture, and jewelry. Everything looks brand new to me, and given the high quality of the things for sale, the prices are very reasonable.
The thrift store, where things are donated, has clothing and housewares. The prices are good, plus they have sales where things are marked down from the already low prices. There is a «purple tag» section for items with more expensive name brands. I found a very cute leather jacket in perfect condition, a very good brand, for less than $ 20 that I am sure was over a hundred dollars at the original store. I found a brand new dress shirt for my husband, marked down to $ 3! Yay for these adjoining stores!
The location is across from the mall where TJ Max is in Beaverton, on 117^th. It’s easy to get to although it is not on the «main drag.»

I… ~The self-​proclaimed QUEEN of THRIFT STORE SHOPPING~… has found yet another thrift store to be conquered and added to my list! YEAH! ME!
Although, I have shopped at other Assistance League Thrift stores in California and Washington, I have never been to this one. It was a treat, for sure!
Today’s «SPECIAL TAG SALE» was on purple PANTS & SKIRTS tags — which lowered the tag by 50%.
I had cash in hand and was ready to spend… unfortunately, I could find a thing on the 50% off racks!
TOTAL BUMMER, right!!!
NO! NO! WAIT! I found a «treasure trove rack» all the way in the back!!!
YES! A «clearance — ALL SALES ARE FINAL!» rack!!!
I found a super great pair of JAG Bermuda shorts on the rack! MY! SIZE! MARKED $ 2!!! Needless to say, I was totally thrilled with that price!
Summer is coming and I HATE paying full-​price for things you can only wear 3 – 4 months out of the year!!!
I kept on perusing the rack and found a really lovely pair of Ellen Tracy dress slacks for $ 4! SCORE! AGAIN, YEAH! ME!!!
So I was totally happy that I had found SOMETHING to buy AND both items only totaled $ 6!
NO! WAIT! WAIT! This gets even better! Apparently, the «clearance rack» (which was already at rock-​bottom prices, by my standards!) was ALSO 50% off! Seriously??? I get ANOTHER $ 3 off??? TOTAL!!! SCORE!!!
The store carries MOSTLY women’s clothing. There were a few racks with men’s items but the majority is for women. There are some really nice name brands on most of the garments. The racks are nicely organized and sized, too.
There are a lot of «mature» clothing. I would say the average age for most of the clothing would be 40 – 60. I luck out here, as I am 44. But if the younger «HIP» crowd is searching this shop, I am pretty certain they won’t find much. Even for me, some of the clothing was too matronly. Pricewise, some of the clothing seemed too pricey for me, but I think the quality of this store, the quality of the items and the cause it serves makes it worth the purchase!
I am more then HAPPY to spend my money at locally-​owned stores that serve the community! «Shop local — serve locals!!!»
I look forward to going back when spring starts and I can start outfitting my closet for summer. I am certain that I will be able to find some lovely things!
The staff (all volunteers!) are super friendly and helpful. The store is staff with lots of people and they are all ready to help — if you need assistance!!!
P. S. I wasn’t able to visit the furniture/​housewares side of the store, but other people were commenting on how low things were priced and the nice quality of the items… Maybe I’ll visit that side of the store on my next visit!

This thrift store seems hidden – it is almost impossible to see from the main road and is tucked behind the regular strip of mall-​like stores. A friend and I stumbled on this place years ago when wandering the Beaverton Town Square area and we were thoroughly excited when we did. There was a $ 1 rack of clothes near the front and we were suckered in to exploring the entire store. The majority of this review focuses on the clothing available because I have neither made a purchase in the consignment shop nor purchased housewares/​furniture.
Back then, the prices were unbelievably low. Since then, they have begun to creep up but if you hit this place during a half off sale or, my personal favorite, the «stuff whatever you can into this paper bag for $ 20 sale,» you can score amazing deals. Even if you don’t shop a sale, the proceeds are all going back into the community. There are no employees, just volunteers, and this thrift store as well as its two neighboring consignment and thrift shops are all part of this same community action initiative.
I (a twenty-​something) have a less mainstream style than others in my Beaverton area and regularly find things here that I like, but to someone who considers Plato’s Closet slumming it, this would be a difficult place to pick up new-​to-​you items. Sometimes I have come across really expensive vintage pieces that are, inexplicably, incredibly cheap and other times they have been placed in the «purple tags» section which is more like a boutique Goodwill as far as pricing goes.
One last thought – the style of clothes that arrive here has slowly started to include a small quantity of teen and twenty-​something clothes (according to volunteers, anyway) but the main reason you should consider visiting this thrift store is to look through the racks of 70s, 80s, and 90s fashions waiting to be uncovered. Got a hankering to throw a bit of Annie Hall into your wardrobe? Done. Love the colorful, shoulder-​padded, women’s power suits from decades gone by? Done. Hoping to find a killer pencil skirt in a trendy color for waaay less than the department store? Stop here.