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Tractor Supply Company Community-Minded

Tractor Supply Company Community-Minded
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ROCKINGHAM –  Since its opening in Rockingham several months ago, the Tractor Supply store has held several events to benefit our community and local charitable organizations, most of them having to do with animals.  There was the Out Here with Animals adoption event on August 25.  According to the Tractor Supply Company website the event “is an opportunity for us to provide information on proper pet and animal care, find great homes for animals, and celebrate the community partners and rescues who care for animals year round.”

The Richmond County Animal Advocates had a dog wash day in the store’s designated dog wash room on August 19.  The dog wash will be an ongoing event on the last Sunday of each month with the entire charge of the dog bath going towards the Animal Advocates group.   The group’s mission is to help provide funding to spay and neuter dogs and cats in Richmond County. 

During the month of August the store accepted donations of new, unopened food and pet supplies to be given to local rescue organizations. 

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A signature fall event for Tractor Supply is the Farmers’ Market.  It will be held on Saturday, September 22, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  It is billed as “sell your homegrown and homemade goods” and open to the public to sign up.  One of the store managers, Jessica Godwin, says they are looking for food vendors, crafts people, bakers, growers of produce, beekeepers with local honey and the like to sign up for a space at no charge to the vendor. 

The 80-year-old Tractor Supply Company is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee and has 1700 stores nationwide as of March 2018.  Founded as a mail order tractor parts business in 1938, the stores currently have five major product categories: livestock and pet products are the bulk of their sales, then hardware and tools, third is seasonal products such as lawn and garden equipment and gifts and toys followed by clothing and footwear fourth and agricultural products is fifth. 

 

 

 



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