EXHIBIT 24
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
The above Company is the issuer of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the “Act”). Each of the persons signing his or her name below confirms, as of the date appearing opposite
his or her signature, that Darrell Webb, James Kerr, and each of them, are authorized on his or her behalf to sign
and to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission such filings on Form 10-K as are required by the Act.
Each person so signing also confirms the authority of Darrell Webb, James Kerr, and each of them, to do and
perform on his or her behalf, any and all acts and things requisite or necessary to assure compliance by the signing
person with the Form 10-K filing requirements. The authority confirmed herein shall remain in effect as to each
person signing his or her name below until such time as the Commission shall receive from such person a written
communication terminating or modifying the authority.
RE: Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Commission File No. 1-6695
1934 Act Filings on Form 10-K
Date
Date
/s/ Darrell Webb
April 15, 2010
/s/ Frank Newman
April 15, 2010
Darrell Webb
Frank Newman
/s/ James Kerr
April 15, 2010
/s/ David Perdue
April 15, 2010
James Kerr
David Perdue
/s/ Scott Cowen
April 15, 2010
/s/ Beryl Raff
April 15, 2010
Scott Cowen
Beryl Raff
/s/ Joseph DePinto
April 15, 2010
/s/ Alan Rosskamm
April 15, 2010
Joseph DePinto
Alan Rosskamm
/s/ Ira Gumberg
April 15, 2010
/s/ Tracey Travis
April 15, 2010