Closing at 1:00 P.M.

We are closing today at 1 p.m. The weather is expected to get heavier and we want our employees and volunteers to get home safe. Our food pantry closed earlier. Roads are starting to get covered in Turners Falls and side roads throughout the county are starting to get slippery.  Stay safe everyone and we will see you tomorrow.

Closed Saturday, December 24, 2016

I wanted you to know that the thrift store will be closed Saturday, December 24 so that employees can have Christmas Eve with their families.

The Thrift store will be open on Monday, December 26th at 10:00 a.m.

The food pantry will close on Friday, December 23rd at 1:00 p.m., at 10:00 a.m. and will reopen Tuesday, December 27th.

Keep in mind that the thrift store and the food pantry will be closed for an extra long weekend on December 31 through Monday, January 2, reopening on Tuesday, January 3.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, employees and volunteers we wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa! 

Merry Christmas 

Store Closed today, December 17, 2016-Due to Snow Storm

The Franklin Area Survival Center is closed today, Saturday, December 17, 2016, due to the snow storm.  Please stay home, warm and safe.  If you have to go out, be careful, it is going to mix with sleet and become very slippery. We will reopen on Monday!

Another storm in the morning may close the thrift store

We have another storm coming in tonight. Please keep an eye on here, our Facebook page and website to see whether or not we will be open tomorrow. It looks like it is going to be a pretty mess one, with several inches of snow mixed later with sleet and ice, so the chances that we will close are high. We will post signs in windows and post on here if we are closed.

Donations On Hold Until Further Notice

Donations for now are on hold once again.  We have been inundated with donations and have no more room.  Unlike other organizations, our donations stay within the center, they are not sent off to other locations to be sold there. So, we have our house next door, a small external storage onsite and a rented storage unit and all are full.  We do thank you for donating to us and look forward to more in the future and ask for your patience as we steam forward to process and get items out on the floor.

Please call before bringing anything to our store to donate, because until further notice, we will not be accepting at the center.  We will process as fast as we can, but due to illness and the necessity for members to be away, and the upcoming holiday, we just have limited time to due so.

If you have furniture to donate please call and talk with our team leader, Darleen Burke  (863-9549) and she will set up with an appointment in a week or so to pick it up.  Please note also that we do not go outside of Massachusetts to pick up or deliver and we do not go too far outside of Franklin County either.  However, if you are interested in those areas, you can make an appointment for Darleen to view the items and either accept or decline the items and if accepted, you can deliver them at a appointed time.

Any questions you may have, just ask Darleen.

Two Part-time positions available

We have two 20 hour positions available for Store associates. Please stop in the store and fill out an application and to see the job description, if interested. We will accept applications until we hire someone.

LIST OF ITEMS WE DO NOT TAKE WITH NEW ITEMS ON THE LIST

Please take notice: Here is the posting of the items that we have not been accepting followed by ones we can no longer carry effective immediately.

Items we do not take

• BOX SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES
• CRIBS
• CAR SEATS/CARRIERS
• BUMBLE SEATS
• COMPUTERS, MONITORS, PRINTERS, COPIERS, FAX MACHINES
• EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
• LARGE APPLIANCES
• DAMAGED, RUSTED OLD BIKES
• ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF ANY TYPE
• RECORD ALBUMS
• TELEVISIONS, STEREOS, SPEAKERS
• LARGE AND EXTRA LARGE STUFFED ANIMALS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:

• BEAN BAG CHAIRS
• BUNK BEDS FOR CHILDREN
• HAIR DRYERS, CURLING IRONS, ELECTRIC HAIR CURLERS
• HALOGEN FLOOR LAMPS
• BABY WALKERS, BOUNCER SEATS, JOHNNY JUMP-UPS, EXERSAUCERS
• ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE RECALL LIST-WE WILL POST AS WE LEARN OF THEM
• CHILDREN’S METAL JEWELRY
• PLAY YARDS/PACK N PLAYS – UNLESS NEW OR LIKE-NEW CONDITION
• TOYS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN 1.75 INCHES
• TOY CHESTS/CEDAR CHESTS/TOY BENCHES THAT DO NOT HAVE SPRING-LOADED LID SUPPORT THAT KEEPS THE LID OPEN WITHOUT ADJUSTMENT OR VENTILATION HOLES OR OPENINGS IN THE FRONT, SIDES OR A GAP UNDER THE LID (HOLES MUST BE WHERE IT CANNOT BE BLOCKED IF PLACED AGAINST A WALL
• TOYS THAT HAVE SMALL MAGNETS