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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Charity’s store moving to site of former market
Corner Cupboard Thrift Store plans to make a big move.
The volunteer-run charity will move to the former site of Twin Towers Market in about six months, said Joe Klosterman, president of Corner Cupboard Charities Inc. board.
The new site in the 500 block of Xenia Avenue is 9,500 square feet. It is three times larger than the store’s current location on Pierce Street, Klosterman noted.
“It helps to have a bigger store so you can sell more and give a way more money,” he said
The market has been closed for several years, Klosterman said.
Corner Cupboard sales support more than 30 charities, including East Dayton Food Pantry, St. Vincent Hotel, and House of Bread.
Founded by 21 Dayton women in 1960, the organization’s thrift store has been located at its current location since 1967.
The $250,000 move will be paid for using money from the charity’s capital fund and grants from the Dayton Foundation and the Mathile Family Foundation.
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From Meredith Moss, Staff Writer
Veterans and a guest are being invited to preview the upcoming Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11.
Veterans will receive free admission to the museum’s special exhibition, “American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell.” The new exhibit will open to the public on Saturday, Nov. 12.
The evening will also include a special program honoring World War II veterans that focuses on Rockwell’s famous “Four Freedoms,” a group of posters that are part of the traveling exhibit.
With the help of Stivers history teacher Bridget Federspiel, ninth and tenth grade students conducted interviews with 30 World War II veterans. The videos that resulted were edited and interwoven with music, the students’ reactions, and excerpts from the speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that inspired Rockwell’s artwork.
The film will be shown at 5 p.m. in the museum’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium at 5 p.m. The DAI will also offer a museum membership discount to both veterans and active-duty military on November 11. For information: www.daytonartinstitute.org or call the museum at (937) 223-5277.
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