What’s coming
The building is open. It isn’t finished.
Pacific Avenue gave us more than a bigger supply room. Over the coming months it becomes somewhere you can stay a while — find work, learn something, sit down with people.
Second Chance Treasures
A small boutique-style secondhand shop where every purchase funds Gg’s House — and where people build real retail experience: customer service, money handling, working a shift.
Wed & Thu, 10am–1pm, plus Mon & Tue as needed. Use the “B” door and ask a volunteer.
The DayRoom
A welcoming hub with computers for job searches, access to vital resources, games, volunteer sign-ups and somewhere warm to actually be.
Resource Station
One place to find out who does what — housing, benefits, healthcare, recovery, legal aid — instead of being sent round the county.
Crafts & Workshops
Hands-on activities and skill-building sessions for all ages, building creativity and connection. Open to anyone, not just people using the pantry.
Warming & cooling centre
Somewhere for people to go in a cold snap or a heat wave. This one depends on the forever home.
Mentoring & classes
Proper space to sit with people over weeks rather than minutes. Also waiting on the forever home.
Second Chance Treasures
A shop that pays for the pantry
The shop exists for two reasons. It gives Gg’s House a source of income that isn’t a donation — the revenue fills the gaps in our food and supply inventory. And it gives people who need work history somewhere to build it.
Customer service, basic money-handling, retail experience: the things a CV needs and a hard few years takes away.
Hours: Wednesday and Thursday, 10am–1pm. Monday and Tuesday open as needed, 10am–1pm. Closed Friday. Hours are subject to change — ring ahead if you’re making a trip.
The work in progress
Mostly volunteers, ladders and donated flooring
None of this was done by a contractor. It was done on weekends by people who wanted somewhere better for their neighbours to walk into.
One catch
All of this is being built in a building that’s for sale.
Which is why the forever home campaign matters more than any of it.