Christian Appalachian Project announces closure of community thrift store
Food pantry next door will continue to serve children, their families, and seniors
 
Mount Vernon, Ky. – (October 4, 2024) Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) has announced the permanent closure of Grateful Threadz Thrift Store located at 3095 Richmond Street in Mount Vernon, Ky. The store specialized in gently used clothing and household items but was also a gathering place for the community.

Through the decades, CAP has operated Attics and thrift stores to ensure that community members had access to high quality used clothing and household goods. Grateful Threadz has continued that tradition as CAP’s last thrift store. However, in the past few years, inexpensive clothing and household goods have become more widely available in the county. Traditionally, CAP has worked to minimize the duplication of services; therefore, CAP leadership has identified additional needs where CAP can be most effective in continuing to serve families in Appalachia.

“One of CAP’s strengths through the decades has been our flexibility and willingness to pivot towards the areas of greatest need,” said Mike Loiacono, CAP’s assistant vice-president of human services. “At this time, basic needs like food and a warm, safe, and dry home are what the folks in Eastern Kentucky are having the most trouble affording.  We plan to reallocate our resources in those directions for Rockcastle and surrounding counties."

Prior to Grateful Bread Food Pantry relocating to a larger facility in February, the two programs shared space. Grateful Bread located at 3065 Richmond Street in Mount Vernon, Ky. will continue to operate with its normal business hours providing commodity boxes for seniors, weekend food backpacks for Rockcastle schoolchildren, and pantry boxes for families in the community.