So this past weekend, the 7
th and 8
th, we had our 2
nd (and final) fundraising garage sale. We had a garage full of stuff and a room in the house also fairly full! Garage
saleing (
sp?) in this town is an
art form. The paper had 28 garage sales listed in this town, let alone the ones who
didn't advertise. There were 4 in this small
neighborhood. This town is only about 28,000 people, so it's a big deal on the weekends. Here is when we were just getting set up to go!
We had this sale at my grandmothers house. It has a much bigger and more level drive than we have. Our dog had a great time playing in the ivy.
We had about 21 tables full of stuff plus 4 huge racks of hanging clothes and 3 tables piled with clothing!
By the end of Friday, we were exhausted. It was in the 100's both days (approx 103). Down right hot! Dan decided to relax a few minutes on a table he cleared off!
Then one of the girls, Melody, who helped (from our Bible Bowl team) and my friend and Bible study leader Deb took a little break on the sofa we were selling.
Come Saturday morning, we had already changed our prices b/c we didn't want to have anything left over. Mel manned the clothing in the garage b/c we sold it by the bag full.
Here are our two other helpers Katrina and Chris. Everyone was excited b/c we sold all three tables we had full of books to one lady!!! Way to go Katrina!!!
By the end of the day, we wanted as much gone as we could, so this is how we went about it. And, let me tell you, we got some hefty donations doing this (more than we would have charged even at the beginning of the garage sale.)
It was a fun but tiring two days. We could not have done it without the full time help of Katrina, Chris, and Melody. Thanks to their parents who let us take them for two days and work their tails off. It was a successful garage sale and we figured between the two garage sales we
proffited approx. $4000 give or take a bit! Pretty exciting since the great majority of our funds are having to be raised. God is good and has provided in abundance every step of the way!
We had this sale at my grandmothers house. It has a much bigger and more level drive than we have. Our dog had a great time playing in the ivy.
We had about 21 tables full of stuff plus 4 huge racks of hanging clothes and 3 tables piled with clothing!
By the end of Friday, we were exhausted. It was in the 100's both days (approx 103). Down right hot! Dan decided to relax a few minutes on a table he cleared off!
Then one of the girls, Melody, who helped (from our Bible Bowl team) and my friend and Bible study leader Deb took a little break on the sofa we were selling.
Come Saturday morning, we had already changed our prices b/c we didn't want to have anything left over. Mel manned the clothing in the garage b/c we sold it by the bag full.
Here are our two other helpers Katrina and Chris. Everyone was excited b/c we sold all three tables we had full of books to one lady!!! Way to go Katrina!!!
By the end of the day, we wanted as much gone as we could, so this is how we went about it. And, let me tell you, we got some hefty donations doing this (more than we would have charged even at the beginning of the garage sale.)
It was a fun but tiring two days. We could not have done it without the full time help of Katrina, Chris, and Melody. Thanks to their parents who let us take them for two days and work their tails off. It was a successful garage sale and we figured between the two garage sales we proffited approx. $4000 give or take a bit! Pretty exciting since the great majority of our funds are having to be raised. God is good and has provided in abundance every step of the way!
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