1 week till CoolMom Toy Swap ‘n’ Sale: More toys needed!

One week from today, you can kick off holiday-shopping season in the greenest of ways at CoolMom‘s annual Toy Swap ‘n’ Sale, 9 am-1 pm Saturday, Nov. 13, at Fauntleroy Church. Those two mini-electric cars are among the donations in so far – but CoolMom‘s looking for more. You get a $5 discount on your Swap ‘n’ Sale purchases if you turn in a bag of donations. CoolMom executive director Terri Glaberson says they’re accepting lots of things for the sale – just gather up what you don’t need any more!

We are short on our gently-used toy collection (that includes baby gear, kids furniture, books, games, puzzles…) and need your help in filling our bins.

The sale really is fantastic and benefits two great non-profits [WestSide Baby and CoolMom], motivates you to clean out your closets… AND provides families in West Seattle with a way to purchase holiday toys at CRAZY low prices. When you make a donation, just put your name in the bag and you get a $5.00 credit at the sale.

Have the kids help; they may love to give away a few toys and then get some new ones at the toy swap. Great fun and it doesn’t break the bank.

CoolMom has dropoff sites conveniently located at Gatewood Elementary, Community School of West Seattle, PCC, C&P Coffee on California and Small Clothes.

If you have big items you would like to donate, but can’t drop them off at a bin, Terri would happily pick them up or you can drop them off the day of the sale (but please let her know that you will be dropping them off at the sale). Contact her at 206-280-2828 or terri@coolmom.org.

3 Replies to "1 week till CoolMom Toy Swap 'n' Sale: More toys needed!"

  • Terri November 7, 2010 (9:08 am)

    Thank you, Tracy for the shout out!
    Our sale is really unique in that is gathers gently used toys from the community, so it really take the entire community to make this happen.

    Shopping locally, purchasing non-packaged toys and reusing toys and baby gear truly fit the formula for reducing our carbon footprint. This is especially important at the end of the year because statistics show that during the holiday season, on average, US citizens produce 25 percent more trash compared to the rest of the year and the amount of energy used, on average, rises about 5 percent during the holiday season, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

    Thank again for helping us get the word out and helping CoolMom make an outstanding statement for treading lightly on the planet this holiday season!

  • kristy royce November 7, 2010 (4:36 pm)

    I have been to this sale and it is fantastic.

  • Cynthia T November 7, 2010 (8:29 pm)

    I love this sale and look forward to it every year. It gives me a chance to purge all the stuff my kids haven’t played with in months before the new birthday/holiday gifts arrive.

    I also get great deals on things for their holiday and birthday gifts.

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