The Thrift Shop currently opens three times a week in the Pop-up souk, helping the KAUST community to reuse donated items and supporting volunteer-led community programs in KAUST and Thuwal. The Shop is run entirely by volunteers.
To make it easier for KAUST residents to donate items, there are new donation drop off locations in the Gardens, Palms, and on the Island. Please leave clean, unbroken donations (in marked bags and boxes) at any of the drop off points below. Please don’t ring the doorbell. A huge thank you to the volunteers who are helping to collate donations.
- Gardens – G-1134, G-3039, G-3408
- Island – I-5528, I-527M
- Palms – P-7122
If you like to donate furniture, please contact the volunteers by emailing secondchance.kaust@gmail.com.
What can be donated to the Thrift Shop?
Clean and undamaged items:
- Decorative homeware
- Kitchenware
- Household linen, duvets, pillows
- Small electrical items
- Books, DVDs, Games
- Sporting equipment and clothes
- Toys, strollers, kids equipment
- Adult clothes, shoes, and accessories
- Kid/baby clothes, shoes, and accessories
Opening times:
- Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
- Thursday 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
- Saturday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Open in the Pop-up Souk, located between Discovery Square and Harbor Library.
