Pass It On Thrift Shop

Pass It On donation helps make ‘Tiger Terrace’ a reality

Mar 13, 2024

Back in January when there was a rare measure of snow on the ground, a dream was waiting for the right time to bloom. The dream was a vision of a permanent outdoor classroom in front of Lincoln High School, in Lake City. It was not a classroom in the sense of four walls, but rather a space...

Pass It On Thrift Shop donates $1,500 for Lake City Nordic uniforms, skis, and boots

Feb 21, 2024

No one in Minnesota would have expected no snow on the ground on the last day of January. Yet that’s how it was when I met up with the Lake City Nordic team in the front of Lincoln High School on Jan. 31, 2024. I was there to see the team’s new uniforms and equipment, which our Pass It On Thrift...

Pass It On Donates $2,000 To Wabasha County DAC

Nov 15, 2023

When I drove down to Wabasha, Minnesota this autumn to visit the Wabasha County Developmental Achievement Center, which locals call “The DAC,” I was eager to see a place I had heard about for years but had never been to in person. My limited knowledge of the DAC included the fact that year after...

Corrected: Pass It On donates to second musical in a row

Nov 1, 2023

It has been a longstanding tradition at Lincoln High School to present a musical play every other year, with non-musical all-school plays in between. This year is different. Last November, Lincoln High students presented “Shrek, The Musical” under the direction of Amy Rogness, who is the choral...

Pass It On Thrift Shop and Lake City Area Arts collaborate to help fund junior high solo festival

Jun 7, 2023

Pass It On Thrift shop and Lake City Area Arts joined other donors to make the first Lake City Junior High solo festival a reality, according to a news release from the organizations. Held May 25 at Lincoln High School, the festival gave 74 Lake City band students in grades six through nine the...

Pass It On helps early Head Start Program

Mar 15, 2023

The Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City was the setting for a financial donation to Three Rivers Community Action on March 3. Shop manager/volunteer Kathy Rehfeldt presented a donation of $5,000 to Three Rivers worker Laurie Secrist. The donation will help the work of the Wabasha/Goodhue Early...

Pass It On benefits Hiawatha Animal Humane Society

Mar 8, 2023

When I went to Lake City Anytime Fitness on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, I knew that my usual workout was not my only business there. I knew that I would be seeing more than the familiar faces and exercise equipment. Word was that four-legged friends would be there, too. That’s because the Hiawatha...

Pass It On helps robotics team compete

Mar 1, 2023

A group of students who are part of the FIRST Robotics Team at Lincoln High School in Lake City gathered for a photo to receive a $2,000 donation from the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City. The team calls itself Infinity’s End and is comprised of students in grades 9 to 12 who have a passion...

Nordic ski and nutrition get help from Pass It On

Mar 1, 2023

Two staff members at Lincoln High School in Lake City met with Pastor David Badgley, who presented each with a donation from the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City. English teacher Jim Anderson, who is also the coach of the Nordic Ski Club, received a donation of $2,000 for the club. Nordic...

‘Santa’ helps Pass It On donate $500 for high school speech club

Dec 28, 2022

‘Twas the day before winter break at Lincoln High School when Santa presented a financial donation from the Pass It On Thrift Shop to Erick Enger, Superintendent of Lake City Public Schools. Actually, it was Pastor David Badgley from the First Congregational Church, UCC, who was behind the beard...