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If there is radiance
    in the soul
    it will abound in the family.
If there is radiance
    in the family
    it will abound in the community.
If there is radiance
    in the community
    it will grow in the nation.
If there is radiance
    in the nation
    the universe will flourish.
                         -Lao Tsu

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Cleaning Tips

  • Molded plastic items, such as booster chairs may usually be washed in the dishwasher.

  • Strollers need to be taken apart.  Fabric pieces go in the washing machine on gentle, while metal and plastic parts must be wiped down thoroughly.

  • While it is important that clothing looks and feels freshly laundered, some families with allergies prefer not to buy clothing that has been in the dryer with a dryer sheet or washed with heavy, perfumed detergent.

  • Equipment that cannot be taken apart can be washed in the bathtub or out side with the garden hose.

  • Shoes, boots and cleats need to be free of sand, mud, and odor: they can often go in the washing machine and be air-dried



September 29:

Last day to bring your great-condition
Halloween outfits.

November 27:

Last day to bring your up-to-date, good-quality, great-condition Winter holiday outfits.



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Arts event all around Downtown Nashua, next weekend!! Join us for a wonderful weekend!

Art Walk 2010

Friday October 1st  - 4.00 till 7.00 p.m.

Saturday October 2nd - noon till 6.00 p.m.

Sunday October 3rd - noon till 4.00 p.m.

Download map: http://cityartsnashua.squarespace.com/storage/aw2010/CAN-Artwalk-Map-2010-9-23-2.pdf

Download passport: http://cityartsnashua.squarespace.com/storage/aw2010/2010ArtwalkGuide.pdf


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When you
recycle your clothing

you are...

ˇ reducing Insecticide use:
Conventional cotton farming uses 25%of the world's insecticides.
ˇ keeping your dollars in the community:
68% of the dollars the you spend at a
locally-owned business stay in the local economy.
ˇ reduce dependency on Crude oil:
The manufacture of polyester or other synthetics require large amounts of crude oil.
ˇ reducing hazardous waste:
The EPA considers many textile
producers to be hazardous waste
generators.
ˇ reducing your exposure to chemicals:
Conventional cotton-clothing production
involves formaldehyde and other toxins.


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Don't worry
 
that children

never listen to you;
 
worry that they
 
are always
 
watching you.


~Robert Fulghum


Keep our community unique:

Where we shop, where we eat and have fun

--all of it makes our community home.

Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an

integral part of the distinctive character of

our home town.

We encourage you to visit

the 350 Project Website.




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If you have more
plastic or paper
grocery or shopping bags
than you can use,
you can bring them to us to re-use! :)


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               Consignors:


This is our busiest time of year!
The wait for us to look through your consignments is running between
30 minutes and one and a half hours.


We are looking for current-style, name-brand
Winter items
that will be worn in
  November/December/January. 
 
You can bring consignments on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, between 9AM and 6:30PM.


Call  (to be sure we can take what you have to bring)
Clean  (and take out what has stains, is not clean, or is worn)
Count  (to be sure that you bring no more than 30 items)

When you arrive, you have 2 options...

Drop 'N' Run:

  • If you are not going to return to take back the items that we do not choose to consign, please put your name and phone number securely inside the bag or box of consignments, and place your bag or box on the Drop 'n' Run shelves.  Clarification: Drop 'n' Run items get processed for sale just like the items accepted while you wait. The only difference is that we donate the items that we do not accept.  We do make a note, on your account, of the number of items donated. (Donated items are given to The Shepherd's Fund and to the Stork Project.)

Waiting --or Returning before 7PM

  • If you do want to take back any items that we do not accept, you must check back with us before 7PM the same day that you leave your consignments in line.  We will have a receipt attached to your bag telling you how many items we did accept and why we did not accept what we are returning to you.  Please do not leave your consignments in the line if you do not intend to return for the items we did not except. Doing so will not get your items out on the floor any faster than if you leave them on the Drop 'n' Run shelves, nor will it ensure that we will take more of your items.  We follow the same rules and criteria when looking through the Drop 'n' Run bags as we do when looking at items while you wait. If you do not return before 7 the same day, your items will be given to The Shepherd Fund or The Stork Project early the next morning, because we have no room to keep them in the shop. Additionally, since you told us you are coming back for your items, we will not have any record of how many items were donated.
We appreciate your taking the time to read all of this.

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Save time

You can help your items go from this...


incoming
Ways that you can help us to reduce...
  • the amount of time it takes to get your items out on the floor to sell
  • the length of time that you may wait for us to look through your potential consignments...
  • confusion and clutter in the consignment area

  1. Bring only the better-quality, stain-free, and in-style items (pls put unsellable items in one separate plastic grocery bag labeled "donate.")
  2. Run clothing items (that can go in the washing machine) through the washer and look them over for stains, missing buttons, broken zippers, etc before you
    ...to this, as quickly as possible.
    display
    bring them to us. We will not look through clothing that is not clean, contains pet hairs or smells like smoke.
  3. Count to be sure that you do not bring more than 30 items for us to look through.  (Please count at home, and please include only potentially sell-able items for us to look through.)
  4. Call ahead to be sure we have room for more of the items you are bringing.
  5. Remember that the time we spend looking through unwashed, outdated, or wrong-season clothing is time that we are not able to be spending properly preparing and displaying your good, sell-able consignments.
  6. Review our "NeverBrands" list.  This is a list of lower-quality brands that we have noticed do not sell well at Mother & Child.  If you avoid bringing these brands you be helping to make the consignment lines move faster.
  7. If you say you are going to come back to pick up your "take back" items, please come back.
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Sun  11PM - 5PM


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Nashua, New Hampshire 03063,   603 886 6727