About Us

All proceeds from Second Hand Hope go to the Registered Canadian Charity Soap for Hope Canada.

Soap for Hope Canada's misson is to change lives by providing hope and dignity through hygiene. They provide access to essential hygiene products to vulnerable people, from Children to Seniors, to low-income Families, Refugees, Indigenous Communities, Homeless people, and people in Evacuation Centers for fires and floods. 

Soap for Hope Canada primarily works with the hotel industry, collecting gently used hygiene products, linens, and lost & found items. They repurpose these items and distribute them to Community Facilities or sell them in our thrift store to serve people in need.  

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We have distributed 10,069,060 hygiene products and linens to community facilities

We have diverted 947,950 pounds of hygiene items, clothing, and linens from landfills.

We have over 120 weekly volunteers.This equated to over 8,309 hours of work in 2023.

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Social Enterprises

Second Hand Hope is just one of Soap for Hope Canada's Social Enterprises. We also pride ourselves in crafting, packaging, and selling our Salish Sea Soap Pebbles and our Soap Bundles. These items are created with new donated product and are used to fundraise for our projects.

We are Buy Social Canada Certified

Second Hand Hope has joined the growing network of Certified Social Enterprises, businesses that sell goods or services, embed a social, cultural or environmental purpose into the business, and reinvest the majority of profits into their purpose.

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