We opened eight new stores in 2015, and as part of our commitment to our communities, we gave a percentage of our Grand Opening Weekend sales to local nonprofit organizations. We invited customers to join in our Grand Opening festivities, shop and support the local nonprofit so that we could write the largest donation check possible – and they did! In 2015, we donated more than $110,000 to local organizations in our new communities
Our partners included:
• Tucson, Arizona – Tucson Symphony Orchestra
• Overland Park, Kansas – Children’s Mercy and the I Love Children’s Mercy Fund
• Columbus, Ohio (Move) – Pelotonia
• Yonkers, New York – Gilda’s Club Westchester
• Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation
• Wauwatosa, Wisconsin – Junior League of Milwaukee
• Newark, Delaware – Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
• Oxnard, California – Casa Pacifica Center for Children and Families
Our partnership with each organization not only included the donation from Grand Opening Weekend, but lots of support through auction, raffle or gift bag items for their fundraisers, and even elfa Shelving makeovers for some of their facilities. We are honored to call each of these amazing nonprofit organizations a partner to The Container Store. For more information on our store locations, please visit our website.
