Then things changed and the Senior Center had to scramble to find a new location. The Garberville Presbyterian Church graciously made their facility available last year, but it just wasn't large enough.
”This is our biggest fundraiser every year,” says Healy Center director Mish Lewis, “and last year we only made half of what we made the year before. That means we have been struggling hard this year. So we're really trying to get the word out that the venue has changed and that it's bigger because we're going to be at Redway School.”
Redway School is making the space available at no charge to the Senior Center, and they will have the use of the parking lot and the gymnasium, so there's plenty of room to
”We think it's going to be perfect,” Lewis says. “We've got a kitchen there, so we will be selling snacks and drinks, which will also help make money for the center. And there will be at least one day with entertainment. The Garberville Town Band will perform on one of the three days of the sale. And it's kid-friendly. The kids can play on the playground while you shop.”
The sale is scheduled for three days: Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The traditional raffle for prizes donated by local businesses will take place on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Richard Valentine, Meals on Wheels manager and jack-of-all-trades at the center, says that donations of good items, sometimes new items, for the yard sale are already coming in and being stored at various locations made available to them.
”It's a pretty good response,” Valentine says, “but we need more.”
”Last year,” Lewis says, “we had people who gave us whole houses full of furniture. If anybody has furniture that they want to donate, we really need it.”
A lot of furniture gets sold at the annual sale, but she says they don't want appliances and electronics this year because the volunteers who used to check out items to make sure they were working properly aren't around this year.
”If we can't sell them, we have to pay to get rid of them,” Lewis says. “And we can't take anything that's considered hazardous waste, like paint, and we also don't take clothes because we just don't have the hours to clean them all up and sort them. But we take bedding, dishes, tools, books, toys, furniture, records, CDs, DVDs, silk flowers, just about anything else you can think of, we would love to have.”
Volunteers will pick up large donated items by arrangement. Call the Senior Center at 707-923-2399 to arrange to have donations picked up. The last day to receive donations is Thursday, July 17. Items cannot be dropped off the day of the sale.
”We really want people to come and see us,” Lewis says. “One person's trash is another person's treasure. The prices will be good and we think it will be a wonderful yard sale.”
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