VALDOSTA — Belk customers will receive a merchandise discount in return for a $5 donation to their favorite participating local charity or non-profit organization during the Belk Charity Days event on Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, in all Belk locations.
Participating non-profit community groups will be selling $5 tickets in advance of the shopping event. Tickets will be sold in Belk stores beginning on Friday, March 23, through Saturday, March 31. Representatives of the participating groups will also sell tickets in the stores March 30-31.
Ticket purchasers will receive a two-day shopping pass giving them a 20-percent discount on regular and sale items in most areas of the store except the home department, where a 15 percent discount will apply. Limited exclusions will apply as well. In addition, ticket holders will receive an “Early Bird” offer entitling them to receive $5 off any purchase of $5 or more on Saturday, March 31, from 8-11 a.m., with no exclusions.
Each participating charitable/non-profit organization will receive the entire $5 for each ticket sold in advance of the event. Donations collected in the store during the event will be divided and distributed equally among the participating groups at no cost to them. All charities and non-profits signing up for the event will also be entered into a drawing for one of four $1,000 donations that will be awarded by Belk.
Belk shoppers can also register to win one of four $1,000 Belk shopping sprees during the two-day event, Friday and Saturday, March 30-31.
“Belk has a long-standing tradition of community involvement and supporting deserving charitable and non-profit organizations in the markets they serve,” said Emily James, Belk Inc. special events coordinator.
“We believe in being an active and caring corporate citizen in our home towns and in-giving back to the communities that make our success possible. At Belk, sharing never goes out of style.”
The Charity Days discount offer will exclude a limited number of areas and brands, including: Excludes Juicy Couture, Lilly Pulitzer, 7 For All Mankind, St. John, Couach, Ferragamo, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Donald Pliner, Lacoste, men’s Tommy Bahama, and Crocs shoes, cosmetics and fragrances, maternity, Red Dot, Bonus Buys, Doorbusters, Earlybirds, Night Owls, Chairman’s Choice, non-merchandise departments, lease departments and Belk gift cards. In fine jewelry, also excluded are watches, Lladro, Lampe Berger, fine jewelry closeouts and special events.
The discount is not valid on prior purchases, mail, phone or special orders. It cannot be redeemed for cash, credit or refund, used in combination with any other discount or coupon offer on belk.com. The discount is valid March 30-31.
About Belk, Inc.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. is the nation’s largest privately owned department store company with 277 Belk stores and 37 Parisian stores in 18 states, primarily in the Southeast. Belk was founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, N.C., and continues to operate under the third generation of Belk family leadership.
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