Philanthropy Lynchburg - Permanently Closed now open as Seven & James — Local services in Lynchburg

I went in your store on 10/21/23 around 330 in Lynchburg Virginia, and was thoroughly impressed. As I walked around and saw the different array of items, It makes you want to buy the whole store. The store is just magnificent and at the center of the store there is a prayer hut that I happened upon and went inside and saw the thousands of prayers that were hanging and I asked the lady in the store do I just fill out the card and hang it and she was like sure. I found myself writing three or four or five prayers for family members that are having some challenges and prayers for my family on earth and beyond. This prayer hut literally brought me to tears, I found another young lady that worked in the store, I was so overjoyed by the prayer hut that I had to tell someone. As the tears started, she stood right there with me, she said it’s the best part of the store. I don’t know the young lady’s name but she was very nice...

So I love this store and have been in and bought a lot but I have each time had an employee tell me in a very rude tone that their clothes won’t fit me and while I know some of them won’t… some do and I even had one employee tell me one day that I was not in Lane Bryant. Everyone is made differently and come in all shapes and sizes and I truly hope they don’t end up saying something rude like that to a young girl on the edge of a eating disorder and end up pushing her over the edge. I don’t plan to take my girls back in or shop there again because today I got fed up with the snotty looks for being a bigger woman in their tiny store.and what is even more sad is they promote christianity…..what a way to share the love of Jesus…definitely tell people they are to fat for their store and they will definitely come to...

Beautiful store with beautiful clothes and decor however, staff left something to be desired. While I knew I wouldn’t find clothing my size there, I was shopping for gifts and decorations. Out of the three employees I saw, not one looked at me beyond an unfriendly glance or said a single word to me or my 6 year old daughter but didn’t seem to have any problem speaking to the other (skinny) customers. As someone who worked in customer service for many years, I truly get the people fatigue and generally don’t leave bad reviews but the vibe was very clear and based on other reviews, this store has not been friendly to plus size people in the...