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| Kid to Kid: Recycling Kids Clothes in Santa Clara, California - Associated Content Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:22 AM PDT Last year a friend of mine told me about a cool new children's recycled clothes store that just opened up in Santa Clara. I mentioned that my young daughter was outgrowing her clothes faster than I could store them, and  Kid to Kid, located at 2666 Homestead Road in Santa Clara, CA 95051, is a store that you can sell your gently used kids clothes and either walk away with cash in hand, or get store credit. I told my friend this was too good to be true, and went to the store myself. She was not kidding and I now have a new local favorite kid's store. Kid to Kid is a small store, but not small on the quality of merchandise or service. The staff is wonderful and very knowledgeable of their inventory. You can make an appointment by calling (408) 244-2248, or you can stop by with questions. If you are going to sell clothing, they only allow freshly laundered items, preferably stain free and wrinkle free. (It will go from your hands to the racks if approved, and they like having their stock clean.) They accept sizes birth to kid size 8. They also accept maternity wear, cribs, toddler beds, strollers, high chairs, bouncers and playpens. If you are going to sell toys the little ones have outgrown, then please clean the toy(s) first before bringing them in. The cleaner and better condition, the more you might get for them. They offer great prices for the used goods, and if you opt for store credit, they will give you an extra 20%! I have sold them numerous items that both my kids have outgrown, and have used the money to purchase 'new' clothes, toys, books, shoes and even movies the same day. If you sign up for their newsletter and mention it when you are checking out, you get an additional discount, too. It is always best to call ahead, visit the store, or check their website to see what their current need is as it changes week to week, season to season. To visit that portion of their site, click here. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Bucified Bert helps kids, honors his mom - Tampa Bay Online Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:44 AM PDT Photo from ALBERT OWENS Albert Owens aka "Bucified Bert" with this year's recipients of scholarships from his organization. Photo from ALBERT OWENS Albert Owens, a longtime employee of WFLA, Channel 8, is known to many Bucs fans and Tampa area schoolchildren as "Bucified Bert." <</span> > Published: September 2, 2010 When Albert Owens gave away his first college scholarship to a deserving Tampa area high school student four years ago, he put up the money himself. He had survived a tough childhood without a father and wanted to honor his late mother Emma Lee. She had raised him and his siblings to be good citizens. He also wanted to channel his "fanatical" support for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into what he calls something "phenomenal." Owens is known to many Bucs fans and Tampa area schoolchildren as "Bucified Bert," a colorful superfan in a cape, dark glasses and pirate ship hat. During football season, he's at every game cheering the home team. He also goes to schools throughout the year with his "B.U.C.I.F.I.E.D." message - Be Understanding Citizens, Identify Friendly Individuals Each Day. "I wanted to take all that energy, excitement and fun of Bert and use it to inspire and help kids," says Owens, who handed out four $1,000 scholarships in May. The winners - Jackyn Svetlana Stephens, Jerina T. Jackson, Elisse Jean-Pierre and Vasty Paul - will be featured, along with Bert, in a half-hour "Dream Seeker" special at 2 p.m. Sunday on WFLA, Channel 8. Stephens, who was adopted from Russia five years ago, couldn't speak English when she first came to the United States. Now she's a top student. Paul's mother was visiting Haiti when the earthquake hit earlier this year and couldn't get out for weeks. Jackson says the scholarship helped her have the money to start college. She says she submitted an essay explaining how her mother was always there for her, making sure she was raised in a good environment. "All four of them are amazing students and they represent what Bucified stands for," says Owens, who has been on the WFLA staff for 20 years. Owens, who was shining shoes at age 9 in Ybor City, is an ever-cheerful soul who distributes mail in the combined WFLA/Tampa Tribune/TBO.com News Center. Through sheer determination, he built his scholarship program into a sponsored event with more than a dozen co-sponsors (Highland Homes covered the scholarships this year) and this is the second year WFLA has aired his TV show. Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Derrick Brooks and Mike Alstott help open the TV program with shout-outs. WFLA anchor Rod Carter is the emcee of the awards ceremony. "The scholarship program keeps getting bigger and better every year," says Owens, who gives up a week of his vacation time every fall to speak in schools. "I know how hard it is to stay in school, stay out of trouble and not give in to peer pressure," he says. "But all my scholarship winners have stayed in college and they are examples for younger students." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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