The Store at
Adonais Mercy House
Every item you purchase directly funds life-saving care for children with cancer in the Philippines.Shop meaningful goods — each item is a gift that gives twice.
Find Us on Pranger Road
Visit us in person on Pranger Road in Walla Walla — every purchase at any of our local spots goes directly to the children.
The Director's Playbook
A community of kindness, love, and peace — donors, volunteers, customers, and the Carmelite Sisters gathered around one purpose: giving donated goods a second life so children with cancer in the Philippines can receive comfort and care.
The Three Intentions
Kindness
Every interaction — with a donor dropping off a box, a customer asking about a listing, a volunteer on their first shift — is an opportunity to be kind. Kindness is the default. It is not earned; it is given.
Kindness looks like:
- Thank donors who bring unsellable items — don't correct them.
- Respond to frustrated customers with patience.
- Write listings honestly so no customer is unpleasantly surprised.
Love
What we do is ultimately an expression of love for children we may never meet. That love shapes how we handle every donated item — as if it were a gift to a specific child — and how we tell our story, with warmth, never guilt.
Love looks like:
- Handle a donated child's coat as if it's going to a specific child — because it is.
- Celebrate volunteers publicly and often.
- Remember the birthdays and life events of regulars.
Peace
Adonais is a peaceful place. The work is steady, not frantic. Disagreements are handled calmly. The atmosphere in the store, on the website, and in our communications should leave people feeling lighter, not heavier.
Peace looks like:
- Never use guilt, urgency, or fear in marketing.
- Say 'no' clearly when needed, without drama.
- Disagreements are handled privately, calmly, and quickly.
The Giving Hierarchy
Adonais believes how people give matters as much as that they give. We ask our community to consider contributing in this order:
Donate Items First
Usable goods are the engine of our mission. Every donated item either funds a child's care (through resale) or reaches a child directly. Items turn into impact in a way money alone cannot.
Volunteer Your Time Next
Hands-on help sorting, listing, packing, and storytelling multiplies the value of every item. Volunteers let more donations become more impact — and volunteering is how most people become part of the community.
Monetary Donations Last
Cash is welcome and useful — but only after the first two options have been considered. We would rather have an afternoon of your time than a check, and rather have a box of your used goods than either. Money is the easiest gift to give; it should also be the last one we ask for.
Core Values
Community
People matter more than items, items more than efficiency.
Dignity
Every item, donor, customer, volunteer, and beneficiary is treated with respect.
Transparency
Our community can always see where items, hours, and money go.
Stewardship
Donated goods are a trust, not inventory. Handle them accordingly.
Efficiency with Heart
Move quickly so help reaches children fast — never at the cost of the three intentions.
Give Items,
Not Just Money
Have new or gently used items you'd like to contribute? We accept item donations — and they go further than you think.
Donated goods are either sold in our store for proceeds that directly fund care, or packed into a balikbayan box and shipped directly to children and families in the Philippines.
How It Works
You donate new or gently used items
Clothing, toys, school supplies, household goods — anything in good condition.
We sort and assign
Items are either listed in our store for resale or set aside for direct shipment.
Sold or shipped via balikbayan box
Proceeds fund treatment. Physical goods go straight into balikbayan boxes headed to the Philippines.
A child's life is touched
100% of value — whether cash or goods — reaches a child in need.