Huge Garage Sale

As we mentioned in the last post, as part of our fund-raising efforts we're going to be having a monstrous sale on April 11 & 12, 8am - 3pm. Really, we know it's going to be huge, because we've already got approximately three and a half tons of stuff you didn't want your precious belongings that you have donated to the cause.

If you are in Bloomington, there are a couple of things you can do to help us with this.

1. Donate anything you think we can sell - really, anything. Furniture, appliances, clothes, baked goods, canned goods, books, music, lightbulbs - whatever. Then bring it all to the church's Senior High Room on Wednesday the 9th (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.) or to the church's gymnasium on Thursday (9 a.m. - 9 p.m.). If you want to price your own items, go for it. Otherwise, we'll slap a price on it on Thursday night, which brings me to the next way to help.
   
   
2. Volunteer. We need help advertising. We've split up Bloomington and need people to volunteer to post 3-5 signs in their area. We're also going to print posters to post in restaurants, shops, and the library downtown. Then we'll need help pricing everything on Thursday. Any amount of time you can come between the hours of 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. would be great. Next we'll need about 5 volunteers to help run the sale (take money, make sure people don't steal, help load stuff). Shifts are 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. When it's all said and done on Saturday at 3, we'll need a truck and some manly men to load up the leftovers (hopefully not much) and take to Backstreet Mission. That about covers it.
   
   
3. Bring everyone you know to the sale! This isn't exactly a high-traffic location, and 314 tables of items for sale without anyone buying would be rather... sad. There will definitely be great deals, and we'll be raffling off a beautiful quilt made by Heidi's mom. If anyone has a clue about how raffles work - ummm, we don't. Hint, hint. We're thinking about selling each raffle ticket for $5?