Eastside Community Aid Thrift Shop gave away 20 grants and six scholarships for the 2015 year totaling $117,204.

The following 20 organizations and two community colleges received the grant money: Safe Kids Eastside $3,950; Eastside Legal Services Program $5,000; ALE Operations School Bell $5,000; Hopelink $5,000; Friends of Youth $5,000; Cascadia Community College Foundation – three scholarships $6,000; Lake WA Institute of Technology – three scholarships $6,000; Bridge Disabilty Ministries (BDM) $5,000; Raven Rock Ranch $5,000; KIN $5,000; Attain Housing $5,000; Farms for Life $5,000; Congregations for the Homeless $3,000; The Sophia Way $8,000; Eastern European Counseling Center $5,000; Gilda’s Club $5,000; Baby Corner $5,000; Little Bit Therapeutic Center $5,000; Lifewire $8,000; Giving to Fly $4,254; Sibling House $8,000; and Studio East $5,000.

Eastside Community Aid Thrift Shop located at 12451 116th Ave. NE in Kirkland, is an all-volunteer run thrift shop whose proceeds are donated back into the community through grants.

Clean, resalable donations can be dropped off at the shop during business hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The store also has extended hours on Fridays until 6 p.m.

For more information visit www.ecathriftshop.org.