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At The Farmers’ Market

Community Closet — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:12:02 +0000

We’re at the Farmers’ Market every Wednesday with a selection of clothing and books from the store as well as some special items just for the Market, including Robin’s fantastic shoulder bags made from re-purposed jeans and jewels, and Patagonia® brand clothing. As ever, the kids get a free book. They seem to enjoy that a great deal.

The Farmers Market (organized by the Western Sustainability Exchange) starts at 4:30 Wednesdays through September and is held in a beautiful setting by the Miles Park Bandshell.

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It works!

Community Closet — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:30:36 +0000

If you have ever wondered about the “WORKS” label on electronic goods at the Community Closet, here is a look at our testers. Every Wednesday, our “iTeen” volunteers go through the bin of donated electronic items and test every one of them:

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So now you will know, when you buy electronic goods at our store, how they have made it to our shelves. Every one of our electronic items (anything you can plug in, from stereo equipment and TVs to lamps) is tested. With thanks to our iTeen volunteers!

A case for chickens

Community Closet — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:14:53 +0000

Community Closet shoppers find many ways to creatively reuse the goods they find in the store. But one patron has re-purposed a purchase in a way that even we might not have expected. This customer has created nesting boxes for her chickens from vintage and second-hand suitcases. The chicken coop contains a veritable luggage rack for nesting.

Community Closet featured in “Fabulous Fundraisers” article

Community Closet — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:45:53 +0000

The June issue of Advantages magazine, a publication of the Advertising Specialty Insititute, described the success of our ad campaign for the January drive to raise money for the Livingston Food Pantry.

“The Community Closet enlisted PFL to help them create a campaign centered on raising appeal for thrift-store donations to increase revenues,” Cooper says. “The store earmarked 10% of January’s gross revenue to go to the Food Pantry, so the more money the Community Closet could raise, the more they could give to the local Food Pantry.”

You’ll find us on pages 5 and 6 in the PDF viewer below (or page 92 of the article itself).

Patagonia brand clothes at the Farmers Market every Wednesday

Community Closet — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:57:49 +0000

“The most responsible way for a consumer and a good citizen to buy clothes is to buy used clothing.” — Patagonia founder Yvon Chounard in his book Let My People Go Surfing

We will be bringing Patagonia® brand clothes to the Livingston Farmers Market EVERY WEDNESDAY. We save the best all year long and will bring “new” inventory every week throughout the summer. We were pricing today and pants are $5 to $10 (some new items with tags at the higher end), lightweight coats at $2 to $5, heavier coats at $5 to $10.

The Farmers Market (organized by the Western Sustainability Exchange) starts at 4:30 Wednesdays through September by the Bandshell.

The item shown is just an example of typical Patagonia® outerwear. Patagonia is a registered trademark of Patagonia, Inc. The Patagonia logo and the image of the jacket shown here are © Patagonia, Inc.