Included - Village of Huntley

Community, where donors in some cases due to their age are not able to move these large
items themselves. Our staff will then move all items being donated out of the house in a
professional mmmer. In some cases we are delivering items purchased at our store m1d
then also removing new donated items by the smne customer. All donors receive a tax
deductible receipt for their donation that can be used for a charitable donation on their
taxes.
Once picked up by our truck newly donated merchandise is delivered to our store.
Individual donors may also drop off small items m1d clothing at our store on their own.
Donations that can be dropped off will only be accepted at our side store room door. No
items will be allowed to be donated through the front retail store customer entrm1ce. Once
the donations m·e received at the store all items m·e screen three times to detem1ine if the
items meet our high standards m1d qualify to make it to our sales floor. We have over 35
trained volunteers from the local area that screen all theses items, most of our volunteers
come from residents in Del Webb. Everything is first checked for the smell of smoke or
any foul odors. We do not allow clothing with rips, stains or missing buttons to be sold
in our store. Fumiture is exmnined for stains, pet hair and broken pieces. Appliances m1d
electronics are tested to make sure they are in working condition. We also accept a1i,
jewelry, books, CDs, DVD's, silk and dried flowers along with housewares. Everything
is inspected to malce sure that all of the items m·e in very good condition. If the items do
not pass our high quality standards for sale in our store they are donated to another
chm·ity that would benefit from these items. Close to 60% of items donated to us will be
re-donated to another charity.
Our Sweet Repeats Thrift Store will maintain the san1e hours of operation as all
other stores at the Huntley Mall Outlet Shops as required by our lease agreement with
Huntley Factory Shops Limited Pminership. Our thrift store pickup truck will not be
stored at this location but will instead be stored at our main location in the Tonyan
Industrial Park in McHenry, Illinois. Our truck will be dropping off items at our store as
needed but once drop offs are completed the truck will exit the store location at the mall.
In our current location m1d operation of our Sweet Repeats Thrift Store we have
tmned over in excess of $55,000.00 to the State of Illinois in sales tax revenue that we
have collected for all items sold in our first three years of operation. As you are aware a
pmiion of this sales tax revenue goes back to the Village of Huntley to help your
operations provide the necessmy govenm1ental services to Huntley Village residents.
We believe that our store provides many benefits to the Village of Huntley. First
we are a green business recycling tons of fumiture and clothing each year and helping to
recycle these items back into the community. Tllis recycling significantly reduces the
mnount of materials that go into local landfills. We trust that we help to avoid dumping of
items into roadside ditches and vacant lots in Huntley because we give residents a free
and tax deductible way to get rid of their unwanted items. All they have to do is make a
phone call to us and we do the rest. This saves the Village the labor m1d costs from
having to pickup and remove dumped items in Village boundaries. Huntley residents
have expressed to us how they love our service and are very pleased with our
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