Belk Invites Community Nonprofits to Participate in Fall Charity Sale
September 4, 2012
Grassroots event benefits local non-profit organizations
CHARLOTTE,NC – September 4, 2012 – Belk invites schools and other nonprofitorganizations in the company’s 16-state market area to participate inits semi-annual Belk Charity Sale, Saturday, November 3, from 6:00 –10:00 a.m. The four-hour, in-store shopping event offers an excellentfundraising tool for participating organizations and an opportunity forcustomers to support local charities while taking advantage of specialdiscounts on purchases during the event.
Belk Charity Sale ticketsare available now to participating nonprofit organizations for sale inadvance of the event. One hundred percent of the proceeds from each $5ticket sold will be retained by the local charity. There is no limit tothe number of tickets charities can sell, or to the amount of money theycan raise. Belk will provide tickets and informational materials at nocost to participating organizations.
Beginning Friday, October 26,tickets may also be purchased at Belk stores with all revenues fromin-store ticket sales equally divided among participating charities andschools in each local store. In 2011, Belk’s Charity Sale raised morethan $10 million for hundreds of participating charitable organizationsthroughout the South.
On the morning of the Belk Charity Sale,the first 100 customers to arrive at each store will receive a Belkgift card ranging in value from $5 to $100, and a chance to win one ofthree $1,000 Belk gift cards being awarded company-wide. Also,participating charities and schools will be registered to win one ofthree $1,000 donations from Belk in a company-wide drawing.
Charityrepresentatives interested in taking part in this one-of-a-kindfundraising event should contact their local Belk store manager for moreinformation. In order to participate in the Belk Charity Sale,organizations must have an IRS Section 501(c)(3) designation from theInternal Revenue Service.
For more information about Belk Charity Sale Fall 2012, please contact your Belk store.
About Belk, Inc.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. (www.belk.com) is the nation’s largest privately owned mainline department store company with 303 Belk stores located in 16 Southern states.The company was founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, N.C.,and is in the third generation of Belk family leadership. Its belk.com Web site offers a wide assortment of fashion apparel, shoes andaccessories for the entire family along with top name cosmetics, awedding registry and a large selection of quality merchandise for thehome. To connect with Belk via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog, mobilephone text messages or by email, go to: Belk Get Connected.
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