Friday, December 17, 2004

Retailers Bank On Display Of Charity - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Retailers Bank On Display Of Charity - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA: "Retailers Bank On Display Of Charity
By Tracie Rozhon
The New York Times
ABC Carpet & Home is selling water buffaloes for the first time this Christmas - $135 buys one, delivered to a small village in Cambodia.
The Gap is offering $20 teddy bears. The $20 goes toward giving 70,000 coats to poor boys and girls in North America.
Nike, Build-A-Bear Workshop and the Discovery Channel stores are selling $1 Lance Armstrong Live Strong bracelets, to finance cancer research. The bracelets often sell out, and thousands of young people are buying them"

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