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Keep the Holiday Spirit: Donate Unwanted to Gifts to a Good Cause


Alsip, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Returning Holiday Gifts is a challenge. You’ve shopped until you drop and you really don’t feel like standing in long return lines with those unwanted holiday gifts? Perhaps you don’t have a receipt – or don’t like to re-gift?  Good as New Thrift Store in Matteson, IL has the answer! Donate those items to our Thrift Store. You can eliminate all the guilt of returning gifts by donating them to a good cause. Here is the best part – you just walk into the store and drop off your donation. You won’t have to wait in long lines and it is tax deductible. We will provide you with a receipt for tax purposes. To show our appreciation we will offer you a (25%) discount on your purchases. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts or special offers. This offer will be good every day until January 31, 2011. All the proceeds from the Thrift Store support programs for individuals with disabilities.

We welcome you to shop, volunteer your time, or donate new and gently used items at Good as New thrift store located at 4331 Lincoln Highway, Matteson, IL. Please contact Thrift Store Manager, Karey Wentz at 708-481-5627 if you have any questions. Store hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sertoma Centre, Inc. is a nationally-accredited, not-for-profit agency that provides services to over 625 individuals with developmental, physical and emotional disabilities, and/or mental illness. For more information, to schedule a tour, volunteer or to make a donation, please contact Melanie Jones, director of advancement and communications, Sertoma Centre, 4343 West 123rd Street, Alsip, IL 60803. (708) 730-6206, www.sertomacentre.org.


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