Affording Life

St Vincent de Paul is a Catholic organization that can give you donated furniture or household appliances if you cannot afford them. You can request specific items that you need. Call for help.

The Respect Life Centre runs a shop that sells religious materials, and secondhand clothing and household items. 

Happenstance hosts a second hand clothing store inside of its gift shop. They have a small selection of household items (picture frames, board games, books). 

If you are leaving an abusive home, or are in desperate need, the Women's Centre and the Naomi Society can often offer you a voucher for clothing.

Antigonish and Area Wholesale Deals is a group whose moderator posts flash sales on everything from clothing to home decor. 

Pick-up only (Antigonish, St. Andrews and Sherbrooke).

Printable coupons can save you a lot of money. There are a number of websites that offer coupons. These are a few of the most reliable with the most available.

The County of Antigonish loans out equipment for public use.

Things you can borrow in the summer:

• PFDs (life jackets)

• group activity bags (parachute, balls, cones, etc)

• adaptable tricycles

• walking poles

• Hippocampe (beach wheelchair)

• watercraft (kayaks, paddleboards)

Things you can borrow in the winter:

• skates

• helmets

• a snow coach

• snowshoes

• Sledges (seated skaters)

Consumer Awareness: Access Nova Scotia is a website provided by the province that has a small collection of information about making purchases and complaints in regulated industries, including:

• loans and credit

• funerals and cemetery purchases

• condominiums

Better Business Bureau of the Maritime Provinces has a searchable database where you can check out businesses and charities before you spend or give your money, or file a complaint.

That you can get a refund for your driver's licence if you are no longer driving because of your health or another reason.