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Dear Friends & Neighbors,

As co-manager of "Outcasts" for the last eight years I want to take this opportunity to thank the countless customers I had the pleasure & priveledge to serve over the years. I felt truly enriched by my experience there and strived everyday to make the shop an optimal communal experience in Hell's Kitchen. I will miss creating the windows on 10th Avenue which became the shop's signature.

Though "Outcasts Thrift Shop" is still open for business, I have left there to open my own thrift shop in conjunction with the Process Studio Theatre, a not-for-profit theatre that engages in outreach programs for the poor & elderly. My new thrift shop is called "Hearth" and is just around the corner at 453 West 47th street (between 9th & 10th Avenues). I intend to continue delivering the kind of quality service and aesthetically pleasing experience my customers have come to expect & appreciate. The shop is large and has a fireplace (thus "Hearth") and carries all manner of items, clothing, bric-a-brac & furniture.

I do hope you will seek this special shop out as it is only a hop, skip & a jump away.

Thank you with all my heart.

~Peter Valentyne