Connections

This is the first stop for resale for me. Give your stuff here to help women and families that are victims of domestic violence. Shop here to help people in need. It’s in the Lincoln Square Mall and has doubled in size in the last couple years. It’s like Goodwill but with a smaller, more organized collection. Things are displayed in logical fashion and are not overcrammed on the shelves. Everything from wedding dresses to dishes to great kids clothes and toys. The prices can’t be beat anywhere — even at Salvation Army. Also Illini Mattress has a deal where they donate new mattresses for Connections to sell for about $ 100 which is a deal. Staff is very friendly!
Note: Transitions is the former name for this store. It is now Courage Connection.

Transitions has the best selection of colors and styles that I have seen in the Chambana area.
The purpose behind the store is more than noble and deserves your attention.
Hip, clean, and kind.

Tonight I stopped by with some friends to volunteer and help set up Transitions before its opening day tomorrow.
Transitions is a resale shop, one that is a direct extension of the Center for Women in Transition, a local community group offering temporarily housing for women and families transitioning out of abuse or homelessness. It’s a fantastic, life changing, real program that seeks to meet the needs of the local community, and I’m such a fan of it.
Having been in it today, I’m excited to see Transitions invigorate a bit of sad space in the lackluster Lincoln Square Mall. For those of you who like cheap clothing, there are plenty of clothes for women, children, adn even a decent selection of men’s clothes. I keep crossing my fingers and hoping for a professor-​like tweed jacket with elbow patches, adn it’ll be money well-​spent.
So please, please go check out Transitions, particularly if you care about the local community. You’ll get quite a shopping deal and one that helps others around you.