A national department store is looking to help local nonprofit organizations raise funds this fall.
Saturday, Belk will hold its semiannual Charity Sale. In the meantime, the corporation is looking for participating organizations.
All this week, shoppers can purchase a $5 ticket at a Belk store, with proceeds from those sales to be split among the participating nonprofit groups.
To participate in the Charity Sale, which will be held from 6-10 a.m. Saturday, organizations sell $5 tickets in advance to participating shoppers. The ticket entitles the shopper to extra discounts the day of the event, ranging from an additional 15 to 50 percent off, and $5 off their first purchase of $5 or more.
Belk cardholders also will receive double rewards for their purchases. Shoppers also can register to win one of three $1,000 Belk shopping sprees. Special savings will be offered on brands that rarely are discounted.
The charities are allowed to keep 100 percent of the proceeds from their individual ticket sales. The participating organizations are automatically entered to win one of three $1,000 donations from Belk.
With companywide participation, shoppers can purchase a ticket from a local nonprofit agency and shop at any of the 300-plus Belk locations, including one at Lakeshore Mall, 285 Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville.
Since launching the event in 2007, the corporation says that it has raised more than $14 million for participating nonprofit groups. The most recent Charity Sale held in May raised more than $5 million throughout the company’s 16-state market area.
Based in Charlotte, N.C., Belk Inc. is the largest privately owned mainline department store company in the United 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.
Times reporter Brandee Thomas contributed to this story.
Saturday, Belk will hold its semiannual Charity Sale. In the meantime, the corporation is looking for participating organizations.
All this week, shoppers can purchase a $5 ticket at a Belk store, with proceeds from those sales to be split among the participating nonprofit groups.
To participate in the Charity Sale, which will be held from 6-10 a.m. Saturday, organizations sell $5 tickets in advance to participating shoppers. The ticket entitles the shopper to extra discounts the day of the event, ranging from an additional 15 to 50 percent off, and $5 off their first purchase of $5 or more.
Belk cardholders also will receive double rewards for their purchases. Shoppers also can register to win one of three $1,000 Belk shopping sprees. Special savings will be offered on brands that rarely are discounted.
The charities are allowed to keep 100 percent of the proceeds from their individual ticket sales. The participating organizations are automatically entered to win one of three $1,000 donations from Belk.
With companywide participation, shoppers can purchase a ticket from a local nonprofit agency and shop at any of the 300-plus Belk locations, including one at Lakeshore Mall, 285 Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville.
Since launching the event in 2007, the corporation says that it has raised more than $14 million for participating nonprofit groups. The most recent Charity Sale held in May raised more than $5 million throughout the company’s 16-state market area.
Based in Charlotte, N.C., Belk Inc. is the largest privately owned mainline department store company in the United 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.
Times reporter Brandee Thomas contributed to this story.