Garage Sales are the greatest things--we both many money and help people get rid of junk! It totally amazes me how two people (my husband and my self), who I think live rather simply (in a 30-year old mobile home in a senior citizen park) still manage to accumulate so much--books, junk, clothes we don't and misc. junk. I love it when someone hosts a garage sale for a worthy cause. I save up my stuff for church garage sales as I clean and sort and then when one comes up most stuff is ready to go.
On this page, I'll list tips, ideas, notices that you send me about Garage Sales--anything that you've done and found useful. Send your tips and ideas to: yvon@effectivechurchcom.com
Garage Sale with matching funds for donations
Here is the notice from a church in Canada--and I love it that they added the incentive of matching funds. Check and see if there are any that will do that for your donations.
Notice from Mary, Cambridge, ON
Yvon, from our church bulletin this week. A member, Caroline Payne, is having a garage sale all week to raise funds for Africa. Here is her announcement. She also contacted the media and is putting up posters around town. CIDA is the Canadian International Development Association.(hmm, we should have printed her phone number, like Yvon Phren always tells us to! Some visitor might not know our famous Caroline.)
In Response to "Christian Reformed World Relief Committee EAST AFRICA DROUGHT RESPONSE": We are opening our front doors to the public this week, Mon. Aug 15th to Sat. Aug 20th for a sale of household items and nick-knacks. The sale will be set up in the Entrance/Lobby. All proceeds are going to CRWRC for their East Africa Drought Response. The Canadian government is matching personal donations 1:1 and CIDA will match CRWRC 4:1 towards the food aid portion. Most sales will be donation based. The hours will be from 10 AM to 8 PM. If you'd like to help out with good used items, please drop in Mon. or Tues. this week. You are welcome to come and sit and keep us company anytime during those hours too. Caroline Payne
Mary, Maranatha Christian Reformed Church
Cambridge, ON
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