The holidays are stressful - everyone knows this. Especially in retail, it's a real job to keep things stocked, please customers and make things as easy as possible for everyone. Lucky for us, we're always focused on creating community and positive energy in our store. This year, a few extra activities are helping generate that positive flow of business.
First is our involvement with Lights for Life. Some Ace Hardware co-op stores collaborated with this organization last year and were able to raise over $14,000 for the organization. This year, Ace hopes to up their donation by 50% and we're assisting in getting to that mark.
How do we get there? Super simple! All the organization asks is for old, broken or unwanted string lights. After you dump them off here in our housewares or hardware building, we ship them to the nonprofit's headquarters in Colorado where the lights are sold to a recycling center for the PVC and copper. The profits from these sales go directly to families of children with cancer.
The second exciting thing happening in our store is the Children's Miracle Network. This is an annual fundraiser we take part in. We're excited by the strong response this year - already over $1700 raised and are anxious to see what more we can contribute. Davis Ace will be matching contributions up to $3000 and we're hoping to make that maximum contribution.
We've been so overwhelmed with the generous spirit of our customers this season and are constantly reminded of why we do what we do - to be a part of this amazing community!
Happy holidays from us here at Davis Ace Hardware - and happy giving, too.
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