ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Best Buy Hosts Garage Sale for Charity.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (Sept. 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Thousands of Bargains to be Found at Fundraiser for the United Way Best Buy's Eden Prairie Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. HQ - Saturday, September 29 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
What: After last year's great success, Best Buy is hosting its
second annual garage sale for charity. Employees of the
consumer-electronics retailer have donated thousands of items
for sale including used boats, jet skis and cars, with all
proceeds going to the United Way. There will also be an arts
and crafts bizarre.
"Best Buy mascots" 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 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, a.k.a. Flying Cloud Drive. Take
another left onto Crosstown Circle. Best Buy entrance on the
right.
When: Saturday, September 29
7 a.m.-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.
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