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Get discounts up to 70 percent during Belk’s semi-annual charity sale.

You can buy a $5 ticket at Belk beginning Oct. 28.

The event is from 6 to 10 a.m. Nov. 5.

The ticket sales will be shared with charities and schools represented at each store.

On the morning of the sale, the first 100 customers in each store will receive free Belk gift cards worth $5 to $1,000.

You also will get a chance to win one of three $1,000 Belk gift cards awarded company-wide.

Visit belk.com/charitysale for more information.

Goodwill store to open

Goodwill bargain hunters soon will have a fifth place to shop in Greensboro.

Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina is opening a store in October at 106 Muirs Chapel Road.

Grand opening highlights will include music, free food and giveaways.

A specific opening date had not been announced as of my column deadline.

I’ll keep you posted.

Burlington gets Kohl’s

Fan of Kohl’s?

The department store chain recently opened a location in Alamance Crossing.

The store is at 1361 Boone Station Drive in Burlington.

It is the 28th Kohl’s store to open in North Carolina.

Kohl’s operates 1,097 stores in 49 states.

Llama to visit store

Fan of llamas?

Meet Patches “the friendly llama” during a store event at 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at Ten Thousand Villages (1564-A Highwoods Blvd., Greensboro; 275-1204).

Patches is helping the store celebrate receiving handmade alpaca knitwear from Bolivia.

Ten Thousand Villages sells fair trade artisan home decor, pottery, jewelry, knitwear and other items from around the globe.

The store is off New Garden Road near Bryan Boulevard.

The store has posted pictures of Patches on its Facebook page.

You’ll find the link under the “likes” section at www.facebook.com/bargainblog.

Lillo Bella scarves

Lillo Bella (507 State St., Greensboro; 275-7645) recently received a shipment of silk and woven Ikat cotton scarves.

The footwear and accessories store is at State Street Station between North Elm and Church streets.

YWCA sale

Get all the summer clothes you can fit in a bag for only $5 during a YWCA Career Closet Sale (112 Gatewood Ave., High Point; 882-4126). The sale will be held through Oct. 31.

Money raised from the sale benefits the YWCA’s women’s resource center.

The Career Closet, which is on the main floor of the YWCA building, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Toys & Co. sale

Get 20 percent off items now through Saturday at Toys & Co. (3110 Northline Ave.; 294-1114).

The Friendly Center store in Greensboro also offers layaway for the holidays.

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Contact Mike Fuchs at 484-1175 or michael.fuchs@news-record.com