Now that Black Friday is out of the way, it is now time for Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday was introduced by American Express in 2010 when the great recession hit, and now after the pandemic, small businesses are in need more than ever.
Linda Viertel is the store manager at Ten Thousand Villages in Albany, and she says that by supporting a local business, you are also supporting the community.
“We are a small entity and a non-profit. So, all of our items are hand made by artists all over the world….but it does affect communities even locally,” she said.
The shop also makes sure to help other local community organizations.
“We worked with Love146, [and], recently, we worked with Safe Inc. of Schenectady about stopping human trafficking and providing soaps,” she said. “Our community provided soaps to help teenagers get out of human trafficking.”
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