West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2010: The aftermath

First – a few spots are STILL selling – like the Furry Faces Foundation plant sale at Hotwire Coffee (WSB sponsor) – that’s F3’s Teri, photographed earlier today with some of the merchandise. Now, the question of “what to do with unsold stuff?” – a couple options:

NORTHWEST CENTER: This nonprofit has been informally partnered with WSCGSD since even before WSB started coordinating the annual event. From Denise at NW Center:

Consider helping your local community by donating to Northwest Center. The Big Blue Truck will be collecting items at 44th & Edmunds at their donation station drop off. They will be open late on Saturday til 6:30 pm to accommodate donors. All donors will receive a $3 off coupon to Value Village. Regular hours Sunday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Learn more about the programs your donations support at www.nwcenter.org Need to schedule a pickup for next week? Visit www.bigbluetruck.org

WESTSIDE BABY: Got kids’ clothes or other items for little ones? They’ve got a long wish list. They’re accepting dropoffs till 4 pm today – or contact them for dropoff hours Monday and beyond. We published the list on Friday here.

WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: They’re still accepting donations at 44th/Edmunds – right by the aforementioned NW Center donation site – till 5 pm, so if you have unsold tools (or tools you’d just like to unload), as long as they are in good working order and not gas-powered, take ’em over! They’ve already scored some great additions today, we’re told, including an air compressor and sewing machine.

LOOKING FOR FREEBIES? You could certainly run along the map routes again, since more than a few folks just put out leftovers marked “free” – don’t take anything that’s NOT clearly marked “free,” of course – Cheryl, for example, left this comment earlier:

UPDATE on sale #183 (4018 SW Trenton) — Everything that is left out on my lawn is now FREE, FREE, FREE. Please come and get it. Tools, books, pictures, lamp, magazines, kid costumes, Vornado fan, Zenith 19″ TV with remote, etc. Nothing is broken, just don’t want/need any more.

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Feel free to post a comment here or on the West Seattle Community Garage Sale Facebook page – perhaps you can match up with somebody who didn’t sell whatever it is you’re looking for.

Meantime, thanks to everybody who participated in one way or another – we know some sales did very well, others heard crickets, but by most reviews it was another beautiful day to get out and meet friends old and new, face to face.

6 Replies to "West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2010: The aftermath"

  • Dave Stewart May 8, 2010 (4:42 pm)

    4126 46th Ave SW, in the alley between 45th and 46th, between Genesee and Dakota: Still have several free items, a nice AV equipment rack and a nice TV cabinet, and two working televisions.

    Oddly enough, someone took the old awful card table that the TVs were sitting on. Hope you enjoy it, but that wasn’t meant to be part of the free stuff.

  • denice r May 8, 2010 (5:43 pm)

    I’m in the market for a decent trout pole and reel. Thinking about doing a little fishing this summer.

  • Noelle May 8, 2010 (8:08 pm)

    What Awesome weather we had today! Just BEAUTIFUL!!!

    • WSB May 8, 2010 (8:33 pm)

      It sure was. Best WSCGSD weather yet. We watched the forecast all week and it was nail-biting to see it start as “showers” … then promising to see it evolve to “partly cloudy” … next “partly sunny” … finally, simply “sunny”… and in reality, glorious! – Tracy

  • Angela May 9, 2010 (9:04 am)

    For those who will still have usable household goods after your stuff has been picked through, a good place to visit is The Sharehouse. This is an organization that accepts a wide variety of household goods and disperses them for free to folks who are transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. Information on them, their location, and what they do and do not take, can be found at http://www.thesharehouse.org. Good luck!

  • Alice May 10, 2010 (7:45 am)

    I heard too late about some wood jewelry boxes that were for sale at a church just north of the Junction. Anyone know how I can get in touch with the sellers? I’d like to get one!

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