As a crafter on a budget, the thrift stores are your friends. Not only are they great places to find supplies but also cast off pieces that you can bring back to life with a little creativity. A big trend in crafting these days is altered clothing. Take a spin around the blogosphere and you'll see altered tees, jeans turned into skirts and all manner of fun accesories from vintage zipper headbands to spray painted shoes. FInding clothing at the thrift stores saves you money, allows you to show off your creative skills and sport a piece of one of a kind piece.
Savers, a national thrift store chain, is opening a new location in Holbrook, New York. To celebrate their grand opening, the store will be having a fashion show to benefit the Long Island chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Walk the Walk, is a fashion show preview of all the fun pieces you could luck into at Savers. The event will be held from 5 to 7 on Wednesday July 21st at the new Holbrook location. Big Brothers Big Sisters is Savers signature non-profit partner and not only will they benefit from this event, they will star in it! Along side Savers employees, "bigs" and "littles" will be strutting their stuff on the runway. The event will be hosted by local Long Island stylist Denise Delise.
The new Savers in Holbrook provides Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island a steady income stream to support its vital one-on-one youth mentoring programs, helping children reach their potential through healthy, supportive relationships. Clothing and household items collected by Big Brothers Big Sisters are sold by the non-profit to Savers for resale, plus Savers pays Big Brothers Big Sisters for every donated item at its own Community Donation Center.
In its more than 50 years of operation, Savers has paid out more than $1 billion to more than 120 non-profit partners throughout its network, and this year alone, saved more than 500 million pounds of goods from landfills.
So what can you expect at the event?
· Big Brothers Big Sisters “bigs” and “littles” and Savers team members will walk the runway modeling the latest fashions.
· Local fashion expert Denise Delise will host the event and can give savvy shopping tips and demonstrate how to create the latest looks for less.
· Regional Savers executives will be on hand to discuss Savers’ unique business model and partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters, as well as the company’s expansion.
· Big Brothers Big Sisters spokespeople can discuss their partnership with Savers and how it provides funding for their vital local programs.
· Savers local team members will give tours of the new store.
Guests will enjoy refreshments and the opportunity to preview Savers’ collection of haute couture, vintage finds and unexpected treasures. Plus, anyone who brings a gently used item as a donation to support Big Brothers Big Sisters will have a chance to win a $100 Savers gift certificate.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 21; 5-7 p.m.
WHERE: Savers store in Holbrook
7001 Sunrise Hwy
Holbrook, NY 11741
About Savers: Founded in 1954, Savers, Inc. is a privately held for-profit international thrift store chain with more than 240 locations in the United States, Canada and Australia. Also known as Value Village in the western United States and Canadian provinces (and as Village des Valeurs in Quebec), the company benefits more than 128 local non-profit offices by purchasing and reselling donated items. The result has been over one billion dollars directly paid to non-profit organizations. The company employs more than 12,000 people in 25 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Australia. More information at www.savers.com.
Thank you to Arie Dekker for the information included in the article.
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