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ADVISORY/ Best Buy Hosts Garage Sale for Charity; Thousands of Bargains to be Found at Fundraiser for the United Way.


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ADVISORY...for Saturday (Oct. 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Best Buy's Eden Prairie Eden Prairie

A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300.
 HQ - Saturday, October 6 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What: There may be cool temperatures in the forecast, but this

weekend also is bringing a lot of hot bargains on used

furniture, clothing and electronics - and it's all in the name

of charity. On Saturday, a heated parking ramp at the Best Buy

headquarters in Eden Prairie is being transformed into a

garage sale.

Employees of the consumer-electronics retailer have donated

thousands of items for sale, with all proceeds going to the

United Way.

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  • Belenos, sun-god of Belenix
  • BSD Daemon
  • Devilette, women dressed like the BSD daemon
  • Geeko, the Suse chameleon
" will be on hand to add to the fun.

Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

Where: I.S. building of Best Buy Corporate Campus - 10050

Crosstown cross·town or cross-town  
adj.
Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic.

adv.
 Circle, Eden Prairie (the multi-story building

visible at the southwest intersection of Hwy. 169 and Hwy.

212)

Directions: Take Hwy. 212 west to Shady Oak Road exit in Eden

Prairie. Turn left (south), crossing over 212, and take a left

(east) at the frontage road frontage road
n.
See service road.

Noun 1. frontage road - a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property
service road
, a.k.a. Flying Cloud The Flying Cloud of 1851 was the most famous of the extreme clippers built by Donald McKay in East Boston, Massachusetts, intended for Enoch Train of Boston, who paid $50,000 for her construction.  Drive. Take

another left onto Crosstown Circle. Best Buy entrance on the

right.

When: Saturday, October 7

7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Why: The garage sale ends a week-long United Way fundraising

campaign at the Best Buy headquarters. The corporate campaign

is expected to raise more than a half million dollars for

United Way programs.

Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol)
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BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) 
) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company reaches consumers nationwide through its more than 350 retail stores located in 40 states and online at www.BestBuy.com.
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