Top 10 Reasons Donating to and Shopping at the Animal Ark Thrift Store are Good
    Located at the intersection of East 7th and Arcade on the East side of Saint Paul is a friendly and fun shop, that is sometimes a bit funkadelic. Filled to the brim with contemporary and vintage housewares and clothing, the Animal Ark Thrift Store is becoming quite a popular spot to purchase everthing from power tools to wedding dresses.

    "You never know what is going to come in here," said Marlene Foote, Fundraising Manager and President of Animal Ark. "And with the Retro look being so popular, the store is a better place than ever to shop."

    Here are the top ten reasons donating to and shopping at the Animal Ark Thrift Store:
      1. Donating items can help you get your life and home better organized. And your donations are tax deductible.
      2. You can feel good knowing your stuff will actually get used.
      3. Recycling and reusing is Earth-friendly.
      4. You can save a pile of money shopping there.
      5. Your new, "retro" look will actually be retro.
      6. Your friends will think you spent a fortune on your new furniture. But you will know better.
      7. You love to search for old classic books, music, art and jewelry.
      8. You have champaign taste, but live on a beer budget.
      9. We stock great, new pet supplies, including Solid Gold pet foods.
      10. You know that donating to and shopping at the Animal Ark Thrift Store helps take care of homeless animals.


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    Comments from readers:
    On 12/28/2007 Angela said: FUN!

    Our whole family gets into the act of going through all our things to find stuff to donate, then we drive it to the Thrift Shop together! It's a fun family activity, that teaches the kids about helping the animals by being generous and donating some of their things. It's a wonderful lesson for kids to learn!

    On 10/29/2007 Gus' mom said: Thriftshop

    We've merged our lives, bought a home together and have way too much stuff. In the past I've had garage sales but the things I have left I felt were too nice or too special to be sold for pennies. It's easier to say goodbye to my old life when I know that everything is going for such a worthwhile cause. Thanks for all you do.

    On 08/06/2007 myrna said: champaign

    #8 Sorry, misspellings make me crazy. You mean "Champagne," and "C" should be upper case.

    On 07/19/2007 Sara Timberline said: Top 10

    What, #10? This should be the number 1 reason to shop at the thrift store. :~) You know that donating to and shopping at the Animal Ark Thrift Store helps take care of homeless animals

    On 05/25/2007 Darla said: Donating to the Thrift Store

    I have a hard time parting with stuff but donating to the Animal Ark Thrift Store makes it easy because I know the money made from the sale of my donations will go to help the animals.