Rust & RelicThrift · Chattanooga Donate

Nonprofit thrift · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Give it a
current.

Clothing, housewares and furniture leave your porch, pass through the store, and come back out as community grants. Your old chair has a river to run.

Request a donation pickup Volunteer shifts

Ways to give

One river,
four ways to move it.

Everything at Rust & Relic starts as something you no longer need. Pick a channel and the current carries it the rest of the way.

  1. 01

    Donate

    Clothing, housewares and furniture come in through the donation door — or we collect them from your curb.

  2. 02

    Volunteer

    Shifts on the sales floor, at the donation door, and riding along on pickup runs across town.

  3. 03

    Membership

    Recurring support that keeps the racks full, the donation door staffed and the pickup schedule running.

  4. 04

    Community grants

    What the river gives back — grants to Chattanooga organizations doing the work on the ground.

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Two people carrying a wooden dresser down a residential driveway toward a waiting truck
Pickup runs carry furniture, housewares and clothing from Chattanooga porches to the sales floor.

Donation pickup

We come
to your curb.

Pickup is where the current starts. Bag it, box it, or leave it on the porch — we do the lifting and the loading.

  1. Tell us what's leaving

    A closet, a garage, a whole household. Clothing, housewares and furniture all ride the same truck.

  2. Pick a window

    We run pickups across Chattanooga and the surrounding neighborhoods.

  3. We do the carrying

    Our crew loads everything and delivers it to the donation door for sorting.

See what we accept Volunteer with us
Thrift store interior with racks of sorted clothing and shelves of housewares
The sales floor after a morning of sorting and hanging.
A mid-century armchair and small wooden side table on the furniture floor

The sales floor

What the current
is carrying.

Shop the same current donations feed. Store sales keep the racks stocked, the donation door open and the pickup runs on the road.

  • Clothing

    Racks of everyday wear, sorted and hung by volunteers.

  • Housewares

    Kitchen, glass, books and small finds on the shelves.

  • Furniture

    Chairs, tables and casegoods that came in from Chattanooga homes.

Volunteer shifts

Cross the river
with us.

A few hours is all it takes to carry a donation from the curb to the sales floor. Come once a week or once a season — the current keeps moving either way.

Donation pickup Become a member
A volunteer sorting donated clothing at a worktable in the back room
Sorting the morning's donations before the doors open.
01

Donation door

Meet donors, carry boxes in, and keep the landing clear for the next arrival.

02

Sorting & tagging

Clothing, housewares and books sorted and readied for the racks.

03

Floor & displays

Racks straightened, shelves faced, displays refreshed for the day.

04

Pickup crew

Ride along on donation pickups across Chattanooga and lend a hand lifting.

Drag sideways to follow the stones →

The delta

Where the
current lands.

The river widens out here. Store sales and donations come back to Chattanooga as community grants, alongside the volunteer hours that keep everything moving.

Community grants

Grants are one of the ways the store gives back — funds returning to local organizations doing the work on the ground in Chattanooga.

Membership

Become a member and keep the current steady: recurring support for the store, the pickup runs and the grant pool.

Ways to give Volunteer instead
Boxes and crates being loaded from the store into a van for a partner organization
Goods heading out of the store toward partner organizations.