Reclaim Maternity Baby Kids has been Western Canada’s largest retailer of pre-loved maternity, baby, and kids clothing and accessories for the past 2.5 years. We are a shop owned by a mother, run by women, and openly inclusive to families of all walks of life.

The core of our shop is community connection and family support.

We are proud to brag about our donation hub and having donated over 1,000,000 diapers, 75 breast pumps, 35,000 bottles worth of formula, countless truck loads of clothing, equipment, toys, and other early family necessities to community agencies who support families and mothers in need.

We are proud to brag about the free parenting meet up groups we host every Monday and Wednesday at our shop. The practitioners, local birth/postpartum experts, family support agencies, and other resources who have led our groups and given endless counselling, educational information, held space and provided priceless support in the early years of motherhood, have truly given hundreds of families the support they didn’t know how to ask for or access.

We are proud of the impact we have made in waste reduction in our city; over 2.5 million pieces of clothing have been diverted from the landfill. And, we are also proud that 90% of the decor, fixtures, and furnishing in our shop have been upcycled/re-used items.

I am proud of my team. From day one, they have been committed to this shop and have poured their creativity, passion, and expertise into their roles. The core members of our team, Nicole, Gabs, and Ira, have been here from the very creation of this shop, and there are not many bosses who get the pleasure of working with a team this consistent throughout the life of their business.

We have held sales. We have brainstormed. We have packed up our SUV’s and driven to the tradeshows. We have pivoted so many times to keep afloat it could make your head spin.

We have done our very best despite the current economy, cost of living, inflation, and uphill battle our current government has thrown at small businesses and families.

It is with an extremely heavy heart (and puffy eyes), that we are announcing the impending closure of Reclaim Maternity Baby Kids. While we know that this shop is desperately needed by our city and community, the mental health and financial future of our staff and their families is at the top of our priority list.

So.

If you love our shop.

If our shop has loved you.

If you don’t want another mother to go through the dark and loneliness of her postpartum journey.

We are asking you, our moms and dads, for help. We would love to see our shop taken under the wing of a non-profit in order to continue the support and resources our community need.

If you or someone you know (I’m looking at you rich uncles), is looking for a cute little maternity + baby shop that supports hundreds of families every year AND creates jobs while supporting our local economy, hit us up in the dms or email us.

We appreciate your patience and grace over the next few months as we anticipate the winding down of our shop

As always, if you need anything - a place to be, a shoulder to cry on, loving arms to hold your baby while you pee - come to the shop. You are always welcome, and for that, we thank you.

Love,

Janel, Nicole, Gabs, Ira, and the rest of Team Reclaim.