We are finished with rummage sales! At least for 2013. It truly was amazing how much stuff we had for this rummage sale. The picture below is only part of it....we still had a whole garage full of stuff and a whole front lawn of furniture! Another HUGE thank you to everyone who donated in any way, shape or form for either of our rummage sales. What a blessing! We had some fantastic weather, besides a down poor Saturday morning. But thankfully we waited until after the rain to set everything up. Traffic was a little lighter than our last rummage sale, but we still consider it a success.
The big question everyone kept asking, "What are you going to do with all the leftover stuff?!" I seriously think I got asked that about 20 times. Each time I said, "Well, I will keep some things to try to sell online, but the rest of it is getting donated to....somewhere."
Well wouldn't you know it, there were a couple of ladies who stopped by to shop and when they were paying for their items, handed me a piece of paper explaining their charity organization that accepts donations of leftover rummage sale items to raise money for families of cancer patients. Their organization is called Compassion in Action and is through the Avera Foundation. And they pick up! I finally had an answer to that question!! So we arranged for them to come back to Tea a few hours after our rummage was scheduled to end. They loaded up a very large van and about 3 other cars full of stuff! I don't know who was more excited, me or them! Some of the leftover toys we kept to give to the church nursery. I also kept 4-5 totes of things that I will try to sell online to continue raising funds for our adoption. The Compassion in Action organization didn't take furniture, so we still have a few pieces left sitting in my brother's garage. We will be calling the Furniture Mission to pick up those items sometime this month.
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