REFRESHING
Store Benefits Foster
and Adoptive Care
SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
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By Jessica Brawley
EFRESH is definitely
not your typical resale store. For starters,
this spacious two-story
boutique features
a DJ booth, a red
carpet, T.V. and a texting lounge
with couches. You can even host
your next party there. REFRESH
has trendy clothing, including a
section boasting names like Kate
Spade, Tory Burch, and more. Its
prices beat those you’ll find at
other discount chains.
Plus, their management team
is friendly, personable, and offers
free fashion advice that is hard to
find elsewhere. The second floor
houses formal party wear (including shoes), and this is also where
you’ll find the red carpet runway,
just outside the dressing room.
There you can model the latest
fashions in front of your friends,
who wait comfortably on the
lounge couches while they watch
T.V. or browse through a fashion
magazine.
The only thing that can top
fashionable clothes at reasonable
prices is shopping in the name of
a great cause. REFRESH is run by
the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, a St. Louis nonprofit that
finds forever families for area children in foster care. Not only do the
store’s proceeds benefit the coalition’s important work, but it is a
training ground where foster care
teenagers learn valuable job skills.
REFRESH also provides even
deeper discounts to children in
foster care. Shopping at REFRESH
truly makes both your heart and
wallet feel good. REFRESH is located in Brentwood at 1750 S.
Brentwood Blvd.; open 10 a.m. to
6 p.m., Monday through Saturday,
and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday. Learn
more at www.Foster-Adopt.org.
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