Below is a great article from The Charlotte Observer on the Give Back Boutique. The Boutique supports efforts of Mooresville Christian Mission located in Downtown Mooresville, Profits from high-end consignment shop go to area mission to feed, clothe, teach and transforming families in the Iredell country area.
An undiscovered jewel, Give Back Boutique, is tucked away behind Harbor Internal Medicine in Williams Professional Center 1.
Pink signs, edged in zebra stripes, direct shoppers to the high-end consignment shop at 478-D Williamson Road.
Unlike other consignment stores, this one, staffed by volunteers, exists to serve more than 4,000 families in our community.
Keena Darland, Donita Glinski and Joycelyn Armstrong conceived a novel idea: Form a boutique and give all the proceeds to the Mooresville-Lake Norman Christian Mission.
Valerie Chamberlain, executive director of the mission, embraced the proposal and offered her support. Within a few months, everything came together for an opening this past August.
Women's clothing and accessories, small home décor pieces, original paintings and books are artfully displayed. Dressing rooms, designed to resemble window treatments, are draped in black and gold fabric.
"Our niche is higher-end clothing for people who have champagne tastes and beer pocketbooks," said Darland.
Profits from the sale of donated or consigned clothing are used in the mission's programs to assist families in crisis and help those families move into permanent self-sufficiency.
"We want people to know we are here and what we do. We are very choosy about what we take and sort through it, so the customer doesn't have to," said Darland, who serves as the store's manager.
Bargains abound. Items in the boutique for 30 days are reduced to half price. Clothing rotates quickly so the store looks new whenever shoppers stop by. Designer labels like Michael Kors are the norm.
Style savvy volunteers offer advice and help women coordinate clothing.
Customers can take advantage of special sales and drawings one Thursday evening a month during Girls' Night Out. The next one is planned for Feb. 9.
During the January GNO, women registered for free massages and learned about skin care as they tried on clothes and jewelry. One shopper justified her purchase remarking, "I have to buy something to support the place."
The volunteers operate Give Back Boutique on a zero budget. When people donate, consign or buy clothes, they are giving back to our community.
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