Turning Second Hand Goods into Cutting Edge Technology

Record $600,000 Gift in 2022 Makes New MRI Possible

Last year, the Hospital Thrift Shop made the largest gift in its 94-year history to Nantucket Cottage Hospital to enable the purchase of a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner. The MRI is the most complex and costly piece of equipment in the hospital.

The Hospital Thrift Shop sells merchandise donated by island residents and visitors – anything from used books to furniture to artwork and everything in between – from mid-May through mid-October and operates as a separate non-profit organization. Thanks to a small staff, a dedicated team of volunteers and its Board of Directors, The Thrift Shop remains a favorite for island residents and visitors both in terms of donations toward a worthy cause and as a shopping destination. Since its founding in 1929, the Hospital Thrift Shop have taken the second-hand donations of Nantucketers and turned it into over $6.9 million to support the hospital.

Thank you to the volunteers, staff, donors and shoppers of the Hospital Thrift Shop for supporting the health of our community.

“The new MRI provides much faster scan times and higher resolution images. The faster scan times are a big improvement in convenience and comfort for patients and will make more appointments available. The higher image resolution means that many diagnostic procedures that have previously required a costly trip off-island can now be done here on Nantucket.”

DR. CHINYERE “C” RUMPH, NCH DIRECTOR OF IMAGING