March 22, 2002

Armed with credit cards and ready for a good discount, bargain hunters shopped until they dropped March 6 at Bloomingdales in Chestnut Hill. But this was no ordinary sale. Shoppers received merchandise discounts of up to 30 percent off, and in exchange, the MGH Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service received a donation from ticket sales in support of important Vincent research.

Satisfied Bloomingdale's customers included, from left, Linda Stikeleather, president of the Vincent Club, Abby Ackerman and Mitsou MacNeil.