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› What: Plein air oil painting demo by Dennis Heckler.› When: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.› Where: River Gallery, 400 E. Second St.› Phone: 423-265-5033, ext. 5.› Website: www.river-gallery.com.To donate to Orange Grove Center› Customers are asked to donate 5 percent with a purchase of $100 or more to receive a 15 percent discount. Customers who donate 5 percent of a $1,500 or more purchase receive a 20 percent discount. Some exclusions apply; cannot be combined with any other discounts, coupons, layaways or commissions.› Out-of-pocket donations also are welcome for the art department at Orange Grove Center.
The title suggests Hallmark movie: “A Very Merry Promotional.” But it’s the results that tug at the heartstrings.
Every holiday season since 2014, River Gallery has coaxed customers into helping out Orange Grove Center, a private nonprofit organization founded in 1953 to serve children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
In the gallery promotion, customers are asked to donate 5 percent of a purchase of $100 or more to receive a 15 percent discount. With a purchase of $1,500 or more, the discount rises to 20 percent. All proceeds go to Orange Grove’s art department.
“Following the Light,” a 12- by 16-inch oil on panel by Dennis Heckler. / Contributed photo from River Gallery“Every customer that comes in, we tell them about the holiday promotional, and we tell them a little bit about what Orange Grove is and what they do,” says sales assistant Norman Davis. “We have visitors who have never been to the area, so they learn about this local organization. And we have people come in that have family members or they know someone who attends Orange Grove, so they already have a connection to it.”