Today I ran a charity garage sale to raise funds for The Rose House, a lovely Victorian house in my town (Edmonds, Washington) that we're trying to save and make into a community center. The house is currently owned by a corporation and is up for sale, so we hope we can buy it before someone else comes along and scoops it up.
Garage sales aren't going to generate enough money to buy this beautiful building, but they will help us pay the monthly rent so we can continue using the house until we find major donors, secure grants, etc. I've run garage sales at The Rose House for the past two Saturdays and have made $253 for the house so far, just from donated stuff and just working alone.
It's hard work, though! Thank goodness, we recently (as in a few days ago) got a Volunteer Coordinator. So I hope to soon have a team of people working with me on the weekly garage sales.
At the same time as the garage sale, we're also running an Arts & Wellness Fair at the house each Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm. Any Seattle-area artists or healers who would like to participate, leave me a comment, and I'll get you in touch with our Art Coordinator. The booth fee is just $30 per Saturday, and we don't take a percentage of your sales, so it's very reasonable. Getting in does require an application and pictures of your work. The house is just one block from the Edmonds Farmers Market, so the exposure is really good.
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