On March 21, 2008, we moved our headquarters to our new location at 426 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134.
We expect great things at this new location. For one, we are reopening our thrift store under new management. Ms. Leola will serve as the director of sales and services for this new facility. We have moved from 3200 square feet, when our store operated in only 1500 s. f. of that space, to 5000 s. f. Most of this new space will be devoted to the store as we would like to triple our size and earnings capacity to approximately 4500 s. f.
The store should be reopening around June 1, 2008.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Our Beginnings...
Royal Foundation, Incorporated is a non-profit organization and is the brainchild of Ndukwe O. Mba. a Nigerian Importer and Roxanne J. Barger, an MBA/MA graduate student and entrepreneur. It began from a small retail thrift store that was opened on February 18, 2005 at 1732 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145. Before embarking on the path to operating a small retail business, Mr. Mba had been a very successful Import/Export merchant for more than 20 years. His specialty, textiles, was bought and sold all over the world. Ms. Barger spent most of her 22 year career, working for large corporations, including Du Pont Company and MBNA America Bank, N. A.
Royal Thrift Store opened its doors in 2005, and the business blossomed for three years. Later, an online bookstore was added called: Royal Antiquarian Book Store. You can find the bookstore by going to www.alibris.com. The retail store became so popular that it grew beyond the size of it's first location in the community and the partners began looking for larger headquarters. They landed in an urban area that was already in the throws of revitalization. However, the new area suffered greatly from current economic conditions. The partners soon discovered that the community was in need of many social and human services.
The new site, located at 426 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134 is in the heart of the Kensington area of Philadlephia and is approximately 5,000 s. f. The first plan is to bring the thrift store to the location and expand its offerings to include, a career wardrobe center and offer volunteer and career services to members of the community.
As we get the operations underway, the organization will expand the services to include Workforce Performance Training and Management and offer classes on-site. We are very excited about our new home and would like as much community involvement as we can get in determining how best to utilize the space.
We are dedicated to helping the community grow and prosper by returning a sense of pride and empowerment to its members. If you have an interest in learning more about our organization, or would like information on volunteer opportunities, training and other services, we would be happy to hear from you!
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Royal Thrift Store opened its doors in 2005, and the business blossomed for three years. Later, an online bookstore was added called: Royal Antiquarian Book Store. You can find the bookstore by going to www.alibris.com. The retail store became so popular that it grew beyond the size of it's first location in the community and the partners began looking for larger headquarters. They landed in an urban area that was already in the throws of revitalization. However, the new area suffered greatly from current economic conditions. The partners soon discovered that the community was in need of many social and human services.
The new site, located at 426 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134 is in the heart of the Kensington area of Philadlephia and is approximately 5,000 s. f. The first plan is to bring the thrift store to the location and expand its offerings to include, a career wardrobe center and offer volunteer and career services to members of the community.
As we get the operations underway, the organization will expand the services to include Workforce Performance Training and Management and offer classes on-site. We are very excited about our new home and would like as much community involvement as we can get in determining how best to utilize the space.
We are dedicated to helping the community grow and prosper by returning a sense of pride and empowerment to its members. If you have an interest in learning more about our organization, or would like information on volunteer opportunities, training and other services, we would be happy to hear from you!
Please join our blog so that we can get started...
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