Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Man that started the One and Only Sale

There is probably a fair amount of you that think a "Sale" is a Sale is a Sale.... especially in the retail world.
However this One and Only Sale was a product of meeting one of my first few customer a winter of 2008,
Dr. Larry Purvis
Minister of Visitation
First United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs.
Where Head & Heart Walk Hand in Hand
 Dr. Purvis and his wife came in looking for some gloves. After working with them both and his wife selecting a pair they purchased her gloves and left his pair.  It was a difficult thing for he and I to justify  the charge to him for a pair of gloves in that he only really needed one.
In winter of 2009  Dr. Purvis came back to Breckenridge and stopped by to say HI and again we went through the motions of trying to select a glove for him that he felt would meet his needs; warmth, comfort, easy to put on, and not too expensive. He selected the Sermoneta Italian suede with cashmere lined glove. Now mind you this is not a cheap glove but it looked to be the perfect glove for him. 
I told him "I would give him a discount and donate the other glove to the Handicap association". That's when it all started... I'd started a box right then it kept growing throughout the year. This summer I figured was a great time to give people the chance to donate that "one and only glove" and receive a new pair at an incredible discount.
Hence The Annual Dr. Purvis One and Only Sale ~

Dr. Purvis popped in the shop just the other day to say Hi and mentioned that he "got to thinking" that the VA hospital in CO Springs would be a great place for the donation; by his mention "of course" that is where we will be later this year with the first of what I hope to be many, many gloves for the people who need them. 
Please take advantage of this opportunity as I want to have an overstuffed box for the hospital.

Hope your having handfuls of fun today~
Sheri

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