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Monday, November 12, 2012

Black Friday Shopping in St. Louis to Start Earlier Than Ever in 2012

Walmart announced a Thanksgiving Day start to its sales. Target, Toys R Us, and Best Buy aren't far behind.

Serious shoppers know Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the day for bargains. Retailers are opening earlier than ever this year with sales to entice more holiday shoppers. Home Depot started its Black Friday sales on Nov. 8.  Walmart has set the bar at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for 2012 sales to start. Will other stores follow? Macy’s, Target and Toys R Us are among a growing number of shops kicking off Black Friday sales at midnight, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. Area mall doors will open at various times, though some of their stores may or may not be open then. Many sales haven't been announced yet. Target offers a signup to receive text messages of sales, and previews a 40-inch Toshiba TV, a Samsung laptop computer…

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Walmart Plans to Have Its Earliest Black Friday Ever (in Maplewood-Brentwood Patch) and Target (in Maplewood-Brentwood Patch)

Monday, October 1, 2012

Volunteer Opportunities: Set Building, Habitat for Humanity

Help with equine-assisted therapy, help provide in-home money assistance to adults with disabilities, or pitch in at Pedal the Cause.

  • VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
  • Kalen Ponche
  • Monday, October 1, 2012

Looking for ways to volunteer? Patch has a few suggestions.  Act Two Theatre Set Construction Act Two Theater in St. Peters invites anyone with an interest in building the set for Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street to help on Saturday, Oct. 13. Please visit the website and click the link for volunteers to tell them where your talents lie, be it using power tools to construct, painting, or sweeping the stage when they are finished. St. Charles Habitat for Humanity ReStore St. Charles Home and Remodeling Show will be Oct. 11-14 and volunteers are needed throughout the event. There are opportunities from 10 a.m. Oct. 11 (home show set up) to staffing the booth (all weekend) to selling items to helping people apply to be Habitat …

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St. Charles Convention Center (in St. Charles Patch)

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