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🐶 Thrift for Animals: The Humane Educational Society Boutique & Thrift
For animal lovers, one of the best thrift shops in Chattanooga is the Humane Educational Society Boutique and Thrift. Your purchase supports an animal shelter that has been part of the city for more than a century.
More than 100 years of helping animals
The Humane Educational Society was founded in 1910 by Ethel Hardy, who picked up stray cats and dogs in Chattanooga. Its mission today is to provide a safe haven for homeless, abused and neglected animals in the community and to advocate on their behalf.
What the organization does
- Takes in roughly 4,000 to 5,000 homeless pets a year at its shelter on Randolph Circle.
- Offers adoptions, pet food assistance, lost and found services and vaccine clinics.
- Runs humane education, volunteer and foster programs.
- Operates a thrift store as one of its programs.
How to help
- Shop the boutique and thrift store.
- Donate clean, gently used items.
- Volunteer or foster.
- Adopt, and check shelter adoption hours first.
The shop shows a "Proceeds benefit" note in the Shops & Charities list, and you can add it to a route on the Chattanooga thrift trail map.
Find the shop
The boutique and thrift store listed on the Trail is at 4784 TN-58 in Chattanooga, a small business known for pet goods and home items. The animal shelter itself is at 4155 Randolph Circle.
Quick answers
Is the shelter the same place as the shop?
No. The shop and the shelter are at different addresses, with different hours.
Can I donate pet supplies?
Ask the shop or shelter what they currently accept.
Thrift tip: Shelter and shop hours are different. Check each before you go.
Sources
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