Orphan Annie’s501(c)(3) nonprofit · Blytheville, Arkansas Donate

Orphan Annies Inc is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization — EIN 81-0881057, tax-exempt since 2 November 2015. We raise money for the care of animals at the Blytheville Humane Society. Our nonprofit status and filings

How we raise the money

The store is the method, not the mission.

Orphan Annies Inc has one fundraising activity: a thrift store at 510 N Broadway, run entirely by volunteers. Nothing is bought in for resale. Everything on the shelves was given to us, and every dollar it earns goes to the animals at the Blytheville Humane Society.

Open Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Closed Sunday. We moved into the old MCEC building in June 2023, which gave us room to take furniture again.

Come by

510 North Broadway, in the old MCEC building.

We moved into the bigger building in June 2023 — which means more room for furniture, and more room for whatever you bring us.

Orphan Annie’s
Thrift Store

Store hours
Mon – Sat, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed Sunday
Address
510 N Broadway
Blytheville, AR 72315
Donation drop-off
Tue · Wed · Fri · Sat
before 2:00 PM
Where to leave it
The orange tables in back
Large items, after hours
Call first — we will work it out

To the shelter100%

A small store doing an unglamorous job

There is no marketing budget here and no glossy campaign. There is a room full of donated things, a rotating crew of volunteers pricing them, and a shelter down the road that needs the register to ring.

If you have never been in, come look around. People find winter coats for a few dollars, a full set of dishes for a few more, and every so often a piece of furniture worth hauling home. All of it is why the kennels stay stocked.

Shopping and donating have different windows. The store is open Monday through Saturday, 8 to 5. Donations come in on a shorter schedule — Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday before 2 PM — so there are volunteers free to take them in.

Why a shop at all

Because it costs the charity almost nothing to run.

A thrift store turns things people no longer want into veterinary bills. The stock is donated, the labour is volunteered, and the only real expenses are the building and the lights. There is no payroll standing between a donated coat and a spay surgery.

It also means a household with no money to give can still give something. That matters in a county this size.

Where the money goes

  • Spay and neuter surgery, required by Arkansas law before any adoption
  • Rabies vaccine and age-appropriate shots
  • Heartworm testing for dogs over four months
  • Food, litter and bedding, every day an animal waits
  • The shelter’s heating and running costs

Where it does not go

  • Salaries — there are none, at any level
  • Paid fundraisers or commission
  • Stock bought in for resale
  • Advertising

Shopping and donating have different windows. The store is open Monday to Saturday, 8 to 5. Donations come in on a shorter schedule — Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday before 2 PM — so there are volunteers free to take them in. See what we take.