Holy Nativity Thrift Shop

Shopping in Aina Haina, Honolulu, Hawaii...Over eight years ago (according to my photos), I was here for a UYE (Unofficial Yelp Event). One of our Yelp Friends hosted a "Thrift Shop Hop" where we visited four thrift shops together. It was really fun!Holy Nativity Thrift Shop is one of the better thrift shops in Honolulu because it's for a good cause - plus... the prices are really reasonable! Today, Saturday, everything was half off - except the items with the green tag.My friend, Kenzie, was really happy to find wonderful bargains! She filled a WHOLE bag full of cute clothing! Yay! As for me, I saw a nice blouse... Too bad the line to pay was long at the time and we had to leave to go meet some people...I'll return back later and hopefully, it will still be there... Also, I want to browse through the craft supplies and household goods... I think I'll find treasures there!P.S. they have their own free parking lot. It was full, so, I just parked by Aina Haina Public Library.

Big changes to this thrift shop this year. New management has raised the prices and did away with little knick-knacks that made this place special. The friendly staff are gone as well. Sorry to say but you're better off going to Ross'.

Prices here are way TOO high & $5 bag sales are no longer! Lacks the friendly customer service ever since new Management took over & its just not a FUN place to shop anymore!

First Annual Great Pumpkin FestivalA new concept of fundraising for the Holy Nativity School is the Great Pumpkin Festival. A corral of pumpkins sitting in bales and loose hay. Little Mini pumpkins ($5) the Mediums ($10 ) and the mediums were at least 5 pounds and the Large ($20) with the pre purchased ticket. Walk through the pumpkin patch and pick your pumpkin! It was fun actually and I don't want to sound like a country pumpkin (no pun on words) but I saw white pumpkins for the first time! I got myself 2 of them and am going to paint faces and dress them up for my porch on Halloween. Food Vendors (Bonfire Pizza, All Kine Grindz and many others) surrounded the playfield to feed the many who joined the Holy Nativity School Parents, Students and Faculty. What luck as both Bonfire and All Kine Grindz are a few from my Favorite food truck list.In the gym sat many craft vendors and the timing was perfect to get ready for my holiday gifts. The school opened their cafeteria and the parents offered many baked goods and amongst it all, I saw Moena Café scones in the mix.I've marked my calendar for next year as I'm sure they will have an encore to a successful 1st time event.(by the way, $10 for the pumpkins were very reasonable. I bought a couple at a retail supermarket earlier in the week and it was twice the price for a small pumpkin)

I have so much clutter to get rid of. Someone's trash could be someone's treasure, but did you know that Goodwill and Salvation Army have become very picky? They do not accept many items, including strollers, car seats, and desks.I had a very nice $200+ jogging stroller that nobody wanted to accept, until someone told me to try the thrift stores. Over the past week I found 3 thrift stores that gladly accepted EVERY SINGLE item I wanted to get rid of. Holy Nativity was one of them. They are open Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am-3pm and Saturdays from 9am-12noon. You just drop your stuff off on the desks outside and get your receipt from the ladies inside. This past Saturday they were also having a "garage sale" or something, stuff was all over the place outside on the driveways, so if you're looking for a good deal, I would recommend checking this place out.

Great bargains and nice things I am a regular although haven't been there in awhileBut will be going back this week

New management has "sterilized" this place and raised prices. Very erratic hours. Online it says, it says they are open on Friday so walked up there to browse. Found a cardboard sign with a line through Fridays with noone there. They need to do better than a cardboard sign!

If you haven't been to this thrift shop since the pandemic started, now is the time to go! The new manager, Kathy, and the incredible volunteer staff have done a tremendous job transforming the shop. Masterfully organized! You're sure to be impressed!Vast selection and great prices!They even have a table of free items just inside the gate entrance. Great treasures to be had.Now open 3 days a week on Wednesday, Friday & Saturday from 9am - 12pm.Happy shopping!!!

I've been coming here for the past 4 years now. Prior to covid, it was a really good hole in the wall thrift store but now has gotten quite popular.Their covid policy does include giving out a ticket number to limit how many people can be inside as well as sanitizing your hand before you enter. It also states there is a 30min shopping window.I appreciate what they're trying to do to limit the amount of people, however they don't reinforce the window shopping time which creates an incredibly long wait time. at one point, I was waiting for 45 min and only two people had left.Hopefully, they can figure out a system so people will have a cap to how long they can shop such as giving them entry times and exit times so the line is much more efficient.

This is definitely the best thrift store in the state. It has recently gone through a change of management, and this current management knows how to work at the thrift store. Their previous management was very rude to the customers and the volunteers. She kept the prices up high in a thrift store. You can't do that because you want the items purchased as fast as they are donated this new management knows that and has price things where it is appropriate in a thrift store a thrift store should never be considered like a boutique. Holy Nativity is the best place to go.