Nice people started bringing us stuff
—stuff they thought poor people might need.

We had no way to connect the stuff with the specific person who needed it, so a pile began to grow in the corner. One day one of our community leaders at Joe’s asked the question, “What are we gonna do with all that stuff?” and we started to dream. Someone said, “We could open a thrift store.” Then another said, “But didn’t Jesus say, “Give to those who ask of you, not sell to those who ask of you?” And The Free Store was born. More than a “handout” to poor people, The Free Store has become a form of recycling for the people who live in the Valley Brook neighborhood—a way to defect from the capitalistic economic system that oppresses both the rich and the poor. People bring in things they don’t need anymore and exchange them for the things they do need. The Free Store has become a platform for us to SHARE—a lesson we learned in kindergarten!

 “Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God.” 

Donations for the Free Store can be brought to Joe’s Addiction any time we are open.
The Free Store is open for shopping on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

Joe's Addiction
1725 SE 59th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73129