Committed to making secondhand second nature.

Since our humble thrift shop beginnings, we’ve come a long way in the secondhand space. We’ve grown from a single shop to a global reuse champion—and it’s all because of you.

SWCIL provides services to people of all ages with a disability. We work on teaching the skills needed to become as independent as possible. For each person that may look totally different. A referral is needed for our services, but we do not require documentation of a disability. We can provide education on what skills are needed to get a job such as interviewing skills and writing a resume along with the skills needed to keep a job. We do have a ramp program that builds ramps getting into a house or temporary ramp rental. We have an Assistive Technology program where people can check out an item prior to purchasing the item. We do information and referrals to connect people to the proper resources.

The Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Inc. (PIC) is a private, non-profit organization which provides employment and training services to residents and businesses across Southwestern Minnesota. With a highly qualified, professional staff and office locations in Montevideo, Marshall, and Worthington for 35 years, the PIC provides job training, assessments, and various employment services to hundreds of residents and many businesses across our fourteen county CareerForce service area every year. The PIC is a private nonprofit corporation which began operations on July 1st, 1985 under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) authorized by Congress to administer and operate job training programs in a 14 county area of Southwestern Minnesota. These counties include Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine. There are 16 Workforce Service Areas (WSAs) across Minnesota. SW MN PIC serves WSA #6 in the southwest corner of Minnesota.