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Donate a Dollar & Celebrate the Season
At Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores!

MINNEAPOLIS – 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.

All donations go to Arc Greater Twin Cities, a non-profit agency working to help people with disabilities live, learn, work and play as they choose. This is the second year that Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers have conducted this special holiday fundraising effort.

Beginning Friday, Nov. 24, and ending Sunday, Dec. 31, customers will be encouraged to donate $1, $3, $5 or more to Arc Greater Twin Cities as they make their purchases. Donations generated through the Donate a Dollar promotion, as well as the net proceeds of all sales at Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores go to support programs and services at Arc Greater Twin Cities. Since the first Value Village Thrift Store opened in 1982, Arc’s thrift businesses have generated more than $12 million in support of Arc’s services for people with disabilities in the Twin Cities area.

"We must raise resources to grow Arc services that meet critical needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families,” said Rod England, chair of Arc’s Annual Campaign. “I understand these needs because, like many, I have experienced them in my own family. During this time of year, please give an extra dollar or more when you are shopping at Arc’s Value Village. Every dollar matters!"

Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores & Donation Centers are located in Brooklyn Center at 6330 Brooklyn Boulevard; in Richfield at 6528 Penn Ave. S.; and in New Hope at 2751 Winnetka Ave. N. Learn more at www.arcsvaluevillage.org.

Arc Greater Twin Cities, a United Way community partner, is the only grassroots organization serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families from birth to death in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Now in its 60th year, Arc served over 21,000 people with disabilities and their families last year. For more information about Arc and how to become a member, volunteer or donor, visit www.arcgreatertwincities.org or call (952) 920-0855.