Second Chances Opens New Thrift Store on MacArthur

The nonprofit thrift store relocated to 3000 N. MacArthur and plans additional homeless-services facilities beside it.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Philanthropy

Sunlit secondhand shop interior with donated jackets and folded linens on a metal rack beside a bare brick wall, with daylight from a large window. — Second Chances Thrift Store opened a relocated store at 3000 N. MacArthur in Oklahoma City, funneling sales and donations toward people experiencing homelessness. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Second Chances Thrift Store has opened a new store at 3000 N. MacArthur in Oklahoma City, moving from its former location at 2605 N MacArthur Blvd. The store takes donations and directs them to people experiencing homelessness, with earnings funneled back into services for those living on the street.

Why it matters

The store's model returns proceeds directly to people living on the street, offering a local example of how donated goods can fund direct assistance. The expanded site adds laundry, showers, and a larger kitchen and pantry to serve residents of Oklahoma City.

The organization cooks meals for hundreds of people using portable cookware such as crockpots, and the new site will add a washer and dryer, showers, and a larger pantry and kitchen. Financial details of the store's earnings and the cost of the new buildings were not disclosed.

The players

Second Chances Thrift Store

A nonprofit thrift store in Oklahoma City that channels donations and earnings into services for people experiencing homelessness.

The details

Donations are given directly to people experiencing homelessness or sold with earnings funneled back into help for those on the street. The new site at 3000 N. MacArthur is being built out with laundry facilities, showers, a bigger pantry and kitchen, and an office to help people replace IDs or birth certificates and find job and housing assistance.

November 22: Official launch of the new facilities begins, coinciding with the Backpacks of Love Thanksgiving event.

Market Landscape

Thrift retail has increasingly been paired with charitable missions, with stores such as Second Chances using resale revenue to fund direct aid rather than only generating profit. The new site extends that approach by bundling several basic-needs services alongside the store in a single location.

Oklahoma City residents experiencing homelessness will gain access to laundry, showers, and food service at the new site. Shoppers who donate or buy from the store help fund these services directly.

The takeaway

Donating to or shopping at nonprofit thrift stores can directly support local homeless services, so checking whether a store returns proceeds to its mission is a practical way to make giving count.