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Value Village Press Releases
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Posted 2.12.2010
Spring is on the Way to Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores!
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Posted 1.27.2010
Arc's Value Village Thrift Stores cut prices 50% for store wide one day winter
clearance sale!
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Posted 11.16.2009
Arc Greater Twin Cities is pleased to have its work on behalf of adults and
children with developmental disabilities and their families recognized with two
recent honors.
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Posted 11.6.2009
Give a few hours of your time as a volunteer at the Merry Thriftmas Shop at
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers. Individuals and small
groups looking for a flexible, fun and meaningful volunteer experience are
invited to join in the festivities this season at the Arc’s Value Village in
Brooklyn Center, New Hope, Richfield or the new Saint Paul store.
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Posted 11.2.2009
"Regifting" takes on a whole new meaning when you shop the Thrifty Gifts
weekend at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donations Centers. You’ll
give a gift to the earth and future generations by reducing the demand for new
goods. You’ll give a gift to the community by helping fund Arc Greater Twin
Cities’ programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental
disabilities and their families. And the odds that the gifts you select will
find their way back to the original givers? Virtually nil!
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Posted 10.27.2009
It’s official! Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers will
become a part of the rich retail history of White Bear Avenue with the opening
of Arc’s fourth and largest Twin Cities store in the Hillcrest Shopping Center,
1650 White Bear Ave. N., St. Paul. Hillcrest Shopping Center is just south of
Highway 36 on White Bear Avenue, near Aldrich Arena. The store will celebrate
with a Grand Opening on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
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Posted 10.16.2009
Celebrate the season and reduce the impact on the environment, reuse resources
and recycle waste by shopping the Merry Thriftmas™ Shop at Arc’s Value Village
Thrift Stores & Donation Centers. More than 150,000 seasonal items will be
on display with fresh items added daily throughout the holiday shopping season.
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Posted 10.9.2009
Shoppers find great deals every time they walk into Arc’s Value Village Thrift
Stores & Donation Centers. But, to make room for the annual Merry
Thriftmas™ event, the deals are even better during the last half-off sale in
2009. Help the community by helping fund Arc Greater Twin Cities’ programs for
children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their
families. It’s shopping with a purpose!
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Posted 9.30.2009
Autos for Arc can't give you cash for your clunker, but we can take old
vehicles off your hands, give you a tax deduction and say "Thank you!" for
helping change the lives of people with disabilities.
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Posted 9.10.2009
Vampires, ghosts and goblins will be popping up in the aisles at Arc’s Value
Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers this fall. One scary thing you
won’t see? High prices!
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Posted 9.4.2009
The largest annual public volunteer event with United Way is back for its sixth
year. Teaming up with Arc’s Value Village, A Celebration of Sorts is Tuesday,
September 15 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the former Mervyn’s store (SE corner) at
Southdale Center. Volunteers will sort through and then tag mountains of
donated Halloween items which will then be sold at Arc’s Value Village Thrift
Stores & Donation Centers in Richfield, New Hope and Brooklyn Center during
the Halloween Boo-tique.
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Posted 8.25.2009
Volunteers at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers are
passionate about the work they do. Why? Be among the first in St. Paul to find
out by joining in the fun every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until the new
store opens this fall at the Hillcrest Shopping Center, 1650 White Bear Ave N.
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Posted 7.28.2009
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers will open a new store
in the fall, 2009, in the Hillcrest Shopping Center, 1650 White Bear Ave. N.,
St. Paul. Hillcrest Shopping Center is just south of Highway 36 on White Bear
Avenue, near Aldrich Arena. It will be the fourth and largest Arc’s Value
Village store in the Twin Cities and the first in the east metro.
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Posted 7.22.2009
Survey after survey shows that consumers plan to spend less this fall. Families
with growing kids are worried about managing household finances with all of the
additional back to school expenses. Yet shoppers looking today for warm weather
clothing can’t find what they need in mall stores already filled with fall
clothing. What’s a smart shopper to do right now? Check out Arc’s Value Village
Thrift Stores & Donation Centers before taking a trip to the mall because
Arc’s Value Village has it all.
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Posted 5.8.2009
Thrifty Thursdays are back at Arc's Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation
Centers. Every Thursday in June, shoppers will get a 25 percent off discount on
all merchandise (except white-tagged items) at Arc's Value Village.
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Posted 5.8.2009
Furnish a cabin, replenish a summer wardrobe or outfit a child who has outgrown
all of last summer's shorts and t-shirts at amazing prices during the Memorial
Day Sale May 25 at Arc's Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers.
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Posted 5.1.2009
Escape for an evening of fun and you might win a getaway courtesy of Worry-Free
Vacations! Arc's Value VillageThrift Store & Donation Center in Brooklyn
Park is holding its third annual handbag donation drive with a drawing for a
free trip for two, including hotel and airfare, courtesy of MLT Worry-Free
Vacations.
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Posted 1.21.2009
Good deeds bring their own rewards. From Sunday, February 1, through Tuesday,
March 31, shoppers who bring gently used clothing to any of Bibelot's four
metro shops will receive a coupon good for 20 percent off a single clothing
item bought at the Bibelot. Shoppers who donate will receive one coupon per
store visit.
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Posted 7.9.2008
Andover residents have been asking when Arc’s Used Goods Pickup Service would
return to their community. Their wish is coming true!
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Posted 7.9.2008
Rogers residents have been asking when Arc’s Used Goods Pickup Service would
return to their community. Their wish is coming true!
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Posted 5.27.2008
City Pages recently announced its annual “Best of the Twin Cities 2008” and
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Richfield won the
Best Used Clothing for Kids category. Arc’s Value Village got kudos for having
neatly organized clothes and easy-to-find prices. These attractive features are
also on display at the Arc’s Value Village stores in Brooklyn Center and New
Hope, too.
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Posted 5.27.2008
Volunteer Gary Rue of Bloomington agreed to paint one wall at Arc’s Value
Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Richfield. The freshly-painted
wall looked great — making the one next to it look rather shabby. Rue next took
the brush to that wall and so on and so on. What started out as one wall became
the whole store. One year later the project was complete and a tally showed
that Rue had spent 270 hours painting store walls. Arc’s Value Village staff
recently honored him with a fitting tribute — a Golden Paintbrush Award.
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Posted 4.17.2008
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers named Wells Fargo as
the recipient of its Thrift Community Partner Award for 2007. Wells Fargo was
honored for its strong support of Arc Greater Twin Cities programs for children
and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at a recognition
event on April 12, 2008.
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Posted 4.17.2008
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in New Hope named Audrey
Stein as its Volunteer of the Year for 2007. Audrey was honored for her
tremendous contributions at a recognition event on April 12, 2008.
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Posted 4.17.2008
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Richfield named a
mother and son team, Deanna and Elliot Miller, as its Volunteers of the Year
for 2007. The Millers were honored for their tremendous contributions at a
recognition event on April 12, 2008.
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Posted 4.17.2008
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Brooklyn Center named
Richard Braun, as its Volunteer of the Year for 2007. Richard was honored for
his tremendous contributions at a recognition event on April 12, 2008.
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Posted 4.17.2008
Have a closet stuffed with handbags you no longer use? Well, pack up those
purses and clear your calendar for Thursday, May 15. Arc’s Value Village Thrift
Store & Donation Center in Richfield is holding a handbag donation drive
with a drawing for a free trip for two to any Sun Country Airlines destination!
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Posted 4.3.2008
Arc Greater Twin Cities and Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation
Centers salute 13 exceptional volunteers who have qualified for the 300 Club at
Arc’s Value Village by contributing 300 or more hours of service in 2007.
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Posted 4.3.2008
Arc Greater Twin Cities and Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation
Centers salute nine exceptional volunteers who have qualified for the 300 Club
at Arc’s Value Village by contributing 300 or more hours of service in 2007.
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Posted 4.25.2007
Arc's Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Brooklyn Center named
Alexandria resident Irene Pratt as its Volunteer of the Year for 2006.
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Posted 4.25.2007
Arc's Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in Richfield named local
resident Jan Farley as its Volunteer of the Year for 2006.
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Posted 4.25.2007
Arc's Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in New Hope named Jean
and Richard Schultz of Golden Valley as its Volunteers of the Year for 2006.
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Posted 3.14.2007
Savage residents have been asking when Arc’s Used Goods Pickup Service would
arrive in their community. Their wish is coming true! For the first time, Arc’s
blue trucks will drive through Savage neighborhoods looking for donations that
will help fund Arc Greater Twin Cities’ programs for children and adults with
intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
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Posted 3.14.2007
Lakeville residents have been asking when Arc’s Used Goods Pickup Service would
arrive in their community. Their wish is coming true! For the first time, Arc’s
blue trucks will drive through Lakeville neighborhoods looking for donations
that will help fund Arc Greater Twin Cities’ programs for children and adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
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Posted 1.25.2007
Harmonious Home Design Tips - Learn how to create a more harmonious home at
this workshop featuring professional organizer Stacey Brown and feng shui
interior redesigner Shauna Piscatello.
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Posted 1.22.2007
Pick up terrific bargains throughout the store at the Winter Clearance Sale at
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers on Presidents’ Day,
Monday, February 19, when prices on all merchandise will be cut in half.
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Posted 11.20.2006
Shoppers and donors at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores and Donation Centers
are invited to give an extra dollar each time they shop now through Dec. 31,
2006 to help children and adults with intellectual and developmental
disabilities and their families.
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Posted 10.13.2006
As a noted author, newspaper columnist and expert in adventure travel, Jim
Klobuchar has captured the hearts and minds of Twin Cities readers for more
than three decades. The public is invited to meet Klobuchar at a book-signing
event at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store in Richfield on November 18 from
10:00 -11:00 a.m.
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Posted 10.4.2006
Whether your holiday style is elegant, nostalgic, romantic or retro, you’ll
find everything you need for holiday entertaining, decorating and giving at
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores and Donation Centers, where the Merry
Thriftmas Holiday Shop opens November 3.
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Posted 9.29.2006
If you’ve been longing for some new motorized “toys” but your garage is too
full, make room by donating your old vehicles to Autos for Arc October 14 &
15 at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores and participating MarineMax boat
dealers. You’ll be helping out a worthy cause, and you might just win a free
trip!
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Posted 8.30.2006
Getting ready for Halloween is easy and affordable at Arc’s Value Village
Thrift Stores, where the Halloween Boo-tiquesm is packed to the rafters with
costume items, décor and other Halloween goodies Sept. 22 – Oct. 31.
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Posted 8.30.2006
Hundreds of volunteers from across the Twin Cities metro will gather at Arc’s
Value Village Thrift Store in Brooklyn Center on September 21 for a frightfully
good time at the third annual “A Celebration of Sorts,” a partnership between
Arc Greater Twin Cites and Greater Twin Cities United Way.
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Posted 8.3.2006
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores will cut prices by 50% on all merchandise
during the big Labor Day Sale September 4, so shoppers can get great bargains
while helping to build a stronger community.
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Posted 5.19.2006
Kick off a great summer season with the Memorial Day Sale at Arc's Value
Village Thrift Stores, where all merchandise will be 50% off for one day only
on Monday, May 29, with special holiday hours of 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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Posted 3.28.2006
If you’ve been cleaning out closets and cupboards to get ready for spring,
don’t throw away your unwanted clothing and household goods. Bring them to
Arc’s Value Villagesm Thrift Stores, where donations are urgently needed to
keep the shelves full!
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Posted 3.22.2006
Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores have good things for the garden (and the
porch and the patio) at the Dig It! Garden Shop, open April 21-23 at all three
stores.
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Posted 3.15.2006
Arc Greater Twin Cities and Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores salute six
exceptional volunteers who have qualified for the 300 Club at Arc’s Value
Village by contributing 300 or more hours of service at the Brooklyn Center
store in 2005.
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Posted 3.15.2006
Arc Greater Twin Cities and Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores salute five
exceptional volunteers who have qualified for the 300 Club at Arc’s Value
Village by contributing 300 or more hours of service at the New Hope store in
2005.
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Posted 3.15.2006
Arc Greater Twin Cities and Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores salute 17
exceptional volunteers who have qualified for the 300 Club at Arc’s Value
Village by contributing 300 or more hours of service at the Richfield store in
2005.
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Posted 3.3.2006
Greet spring in style with a little help from at Arc’s Value Village Thrift
Stores, where March 5 - April 9 is the Spring Fling!
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