Nearly New Shoppe Featured in Working@Duke
The Nearly New Shoppe, a thrift shop founded by Duke University Medical Faculty Wives, donates profits earned to create scholarships for Duke School of medicine and Duke School of Nursing students. The shoppe was featured in an article entitled "Get Bargains and Support a Cause" published in Working@Duke.
Kris Eberlein moves speedily through racks of pants, dresses and shirts, then abruptly comes to a halt when a pair of pants match the off-grey piece of khaki in her hand.
Eberlein is on a mission in the Nearly New Shoppe, searching for clothing to repurpose into a purse. Eberlein has been visiting the store since the 1980s, when she was in graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and wanted to save money on clothes.
“There’s an incredibly rich assortment of things for sale here,” said Eberlein, who lives in Durham. “Usually I come in without an expectation on what I will find. But, I came up short the other night while trying to finish a new purse.”
The Nearly New Shoppe collects donations of clothing, household goods, books, toys and more. The proceeds directly benefit students in Duke’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing in the form of scholarships. (Read full story)