St. Paul Gives Arc’s Value Village a Warm Welcome

November 21, 2009

Eager shoppers lined up outside Arc’s Value Village Thrift Store & Donation Center in the Hillcrest Shopping Center for the Grand Opening on Nov. 21. St. Paul City Council Member Dan Bostrom and Arc Greater Twin Cities Board Chair Steve Hayes greeted the crowd and then Manager Beth Larson officially opened the store by cutting a “ribbon” of merchandise.

Festivities included a game of “The Thrift Price is Right” with emcee M.A. Rosko of Fox 9. There were also free reusable shopping bags for the first 300 customers, a visit from Santa and refreshments. The real attraction, however, was the shopping. Customers filled their carts with clothing, house wares, Christmas items, books, toys and more. Especially popular was clothing from men’s clothier Hubert White, which held a week-long donation drive to collect $1 million in gently used clothing from its customers.

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