Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shop
140 Howard Street V1A2G6 Kimberley, BC, Canada

SALES MARCH 31-APRIL 3 KITCHENWARE 1/2 Price (Does not include appliances)SALES MARCH 31-APRIL 3 KITCHENWARE 1/2 Price (Does not include appliances)

The Kimberley Thrift Shop will be closed for GOOD FRIDAY Open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday March 31, April 1 and 3... 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. See more

Kimberley Thrift Shop is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 11.00am to 3.00pm until further notice. Customers must wear masks. Donations to be delivered to the back door in the alley. ... Call 250 427 4020 when you are on your way....or come in to the shop and we will send someone down to meet you. Please SHARE this message to get word out to the community. Thankyou for supporting us. See more

Posted: May 1, 2020 KHCA partnership with the EKFH is saving lives An amazing donation from the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary (KHCA) presented to the East Kootenay Foundation for Heath (EKFH) is playing a very important role in COVID-19.... In December of 2017 the KHCA presented a cheque to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health in the amount of $83,700. This donation included the purchase of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Machine (PCR). Little did anyone know that a few years later the world would be facing a world pandemic that would change lives forever. Thanks to this wonderful donation, the local Interior Health area now has the capability to test for COVID-19 and get results within one hour instead of having to send it to Kelowna or Vancouver, which would take up to seven days to get results. The following letter was recently sent to the EKFH by two local health care professionals: Two years ago, thanks to the generosity of the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary in conjunction with the East Kootenay Foundation for Health, the East Kootenay Regional Hospital microbiology lab acquired a GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction (PCR) instrument. This highly advanced diagnostic instrument has allowed us to detect and identify important viruses (influenza and RSV) and superbug bacteria (C. difficle and MRSA from blood cultures) faster than ever before, enabling rapid treatment and the prevention/control of outbreaks in East Kootenay healthcare facilities. Of course, we couldn’t have known that we would be facing a global pandemic just two years later, and that this same PCR technology would be vital to the health of our EK communities. Using the GeneXpert, we are now able to perform COVID-19 testing right here at EKRH, providing results in under an hour for the patients who need them most urgently. We cannot overemphasize the impact of this gift, without which we would have continued to wait for testing performed at Kelowna General Hospital or the BC CDC in Vancouver. By allowing rapid confirmation and rule-out of COVID-19, we are able to better manage patients while conserving important resources such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and negative pressure isolation rooms. This testing guides infection control and public health interventions in our hospitals, long-term care facilities, and even work camps, and has truly saved this region.

The Kimberley Thrift Stores on Howard Street and 304 Street will be closed for Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget...........

Open Now on Wednesdays 11:00-3:00 pm As well as Thursday, Friday & Saturday