Find a golden ticket at Vinnies and win
Image: A Vinnies volunteer helps a customer with an item in a Vinnies shop. Image: supplied
This year marks 100 years since the very first Vinnies Shop opened on King St, Newtown, and the charity is celebrating this October. Back then, in 1922, the shop sold bags of horse manure; these days it sells just about everything else. Vinnies Shops now dot the landscape throughout NSW and the rest of the country, raising funds for the St Vincent de Paul Society to assist people experiencing hardship and disadvantage.
To celebrate the centenary of Vinnies Shops, the organisation has placed 100 brand-new clothing, accessories, and homewares items in select shops around the state. The goods have been generously donated by brands including Alex and Trahanas, Bassike, Blanca, Double Rainbouu, Dylan Kain, Ellery, Furla, Henne, Jac + Jack, Jets, Kathmandu, Lee Mathews, Matteau, Mulberry, Mulberry x Acne Studios, Reliquia, Sarah Jane Clarke, Seafolly, Shona Joy, and many more.
The brand-new feature items have a gold ticket attached and will sell at the usual Vinnies bargain price. You can hunt down the goodies at Vinnies Shops in Armidale, Belmont North, Bondi Beach, Brookvale, Casino, Dubbo, Paddington, Parkes, Picton, Newtown, Springwood, Sutherland, and Wagga Wagga.
Finding a golden ticket isn’t the only way to win a prize. Buy any item from any Vinnies Shop from October 24 to November 6, scan the QR code at the counter and you’ll go into a draw to win one of several big-ticket items.
But, no matter what happens, when you visit a Vinnies Shop you’ll feel like a winner, because not only have you saved yourself loads of money, you’ve helped save the planet. Vinnies charity Shops divert tonnes of usable goods away from landfill.
By promoting re-use and extending the lifespan of so many items, Vinnies is helping to change the social mindset of “fast fashion” and disposability that leads to waste and excessive production.
Furthermore, the money raised by Vinnies Shops goes towards funding St Vincent de Paul Society in its support for people experiencing hardship with food, clothing, household bills, crisis accommodation, healthcare, educational programs and much more.
So it’s a win, win, win when you shop at a Vinnies Shop.
