Curry Creations Gift Boutique To Open In Winterville
“A pathway to lives full of confidence, independence, self-reliance and success.”
Curry Creations, an exceptional new retail gift boutique staffed by adults with autism and other disabilities, will open in late July in Winterville, NC at 113 West Firetower Road, Suite H.
An RHA Howell, Inc., initiative, the shop will carry items handcrafted by residents of the non-profit organization’s group houses in Pitt County. The inventory will include jewelry, artisan pottery, garden ceramics and furniture, artwork, and gourmet dog treats, among other items.
RHA Howell staff members are also contributing to the store’s offerings by transforming
The future Garden Corner
yard-sale-find tables and chests into colorful one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture.
“We are not your ordinary gift shop,” said Program Director Cynthia Stevens, “but an employment opportunity and a pathway to lives full of confidence, independence, self-reliance and success.”
The shop will feature a retail showroom in the front, including a Garden Corner, Doggie Corner, and jewelry display shelves. Behind low dividing walls, the back section will be a workshop for the group homes’ artisans and crafts people to produce Curry Creation’s inventory.
Curry Creations is named to honor JJ Curry, a budding artist and resident at the Tar River Care Center who died in 2011.
The future Doggie Corner
Individuals or organizations interested in partnering with the new shop should contact Stevens at 252-933-0418 (cstevens@rhanet.org) or Marketing Director Debbie Valentine at 919-803-2960 (dvalentine@rhanet.org). For more information the Curry Creations, contact Cynthia Stevens.
RHA Howell, Inc., is a statewide organization that has been serving people with disabilities and their families for nearly 40 years. For more information, visit www.rhahowell.org.
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