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New Thrift Store Opens in Cloquet
Northern Lights Community Action is a non-profit thrift store and a community center with all of the profits going back to the community and low-income families.
June 30, 2021
CLOQUET, Minn. A new thrift store opened in Cloquet in the beginning of June.
Northern Lights Community Action is a non-profit thrift store and a community center with all of the profits going back to the community and low-income families.
With other thrift stores in the area closing, the executive director saw a need for the area… the majority of their employees have disabilities and they provide them with vocational opportunities along with employment.
The nonprofit was opened by Heather Wright, who owns NorthStar Community Services in Cloquet. Written By: Andee Erickson | ×
Northern Lights Community Action held its grand opening Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Cloquet. (Jamey Malcomb / jmalcomb@pinejournal.com)
A new thrift and consignment store called Northern Lights Community Action opened Tuesday, June 1, in Cloquet to fill a need left after the closure of the town s Goodwill in 2018 and the Salvation Army s thrift store in 2020. We knew that there was no place for people to come in and get things at a low cost, said building owner Heather Wright. We opened this truly as a nonprofit to just help the community.