Poet? Show it! Win a Shopping Spree at Savers/Value Village

Savers.com and ValueVillage.com are hosting a haiku/limerick contest.

FROM:       Savers, Inc.
      11400 SE 6th Street, Suite 220
      Bellevue, WA 98009

CONTACT:   Gina Cohen, PR & Communications Specialist
      425-462-1515

Do You Haiku? Enter Savers.coms Poetry Contest

Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) August 1, 2003 - Poet? Show it! Savers, Inc., the worlds largest for-profit thrift store chain, is hosting a Haiku/Limerick contest on its website, offering a chance to win shopping sprees and the opportunity to have your thrift-focused poetry published.

Savers, Inc. operates Savers stores throughout the US and Australia, as well as Value Village stores in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Theyre looking for your thrift-themed haikus and limericks - the best of which will be posted to their site and in promotional materials, with winners receiving $25 shopping sprees at Savers and Value Village stores.

Our customers are smart, savvy people," said Gina Cohen, PR Specialist for the chain. We figured itd be fun to inspire them to dust off their Summer-ized creative thinking caps and get into Back-to-School mode for this contest. The more clever the poem, the better the chance to win."

The Savers poetry contest runs through August 31, 2003. Examples of Savers and Value Village-based haikus and limericks, as well as complete contest rules and the official entry form are located at: http://www.savers.com/funstuff/contests.php.

For more information on the chains near-200 stores, as well as the webs first virtual thrift shopping game, success stories from Savers nonprofit partners, a comprehensive store locator and more, visit www.savers.com or www.valuevillage.com.

Savers, Inc. operates 190 Savers, Value Village and Village des Valeurs stores in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Its stores employ more than 6,500 people in 25 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Australia.