Two days away from West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2014!

That’s what 280+ garage sales, all sizes, all over West Seattle, look like before you zoom out on the map! This Saturday (May 10th) is THE day – the 10th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day. It’s grown into the largest one-day event of its kind in the region, befitting West Seattle’s status as the city’s largest neighborhood. Some updates/reminders:

*Current forecast: Improved! Partly sunny. (WSCGSD has had good weather each of the past five years; the first year after we took it over, 2008, there was a morning shower and then the weather cleared.)

*How to find sales that list item(s) you’re looking for: Go to the map page; to the left of the top of the list of sales on the map’s right side, click SEARCH; in the dialog box that opens, you’ll see “name” – click that and choose DESCRIPTION instead, then put a search term (such as, tools) in the box, and the list will sort to just the sales whose descriptions (listings) mention the word you were looking for. Or, open the printable map and use your browser’s “find” feature to look for a certain word (or street, or …).

*Sale sizes: The majority of WSCGSD sales are individual neighborhood sales, and we hear every year about how delighted sellers and buyers were to meet neighbors they hadn’t met previously (or hadn’t seen in a long time). There are also two official group sites – Hotwire Online Coffeehouse/Ginomai in The Junction (sale #60 on the map) and C & P Coffee Company between Alaska and Morgan Junctions (sale #213 on the map) – that offered space to individual small-scale sellers.

*Shopping as a good deed: We’ve been talking about the sale-day donation drives (such as your chance to join the WestSide Baby Kids’ Shopping Squad) but you can also help local organizations/schools by shopping at benefit sales, which include Delridge Grocery (sale #30), Log House Museum (sale #138), Scout Troop 284 (sale #186), West Seattle High School (sale #69), Masonic Family (sale #1), Straight Blast Gym scholarship fund (sale #26), Lincoln Park P-Patch (sale #236), West Seattle Eagles benefiting charities (sale #54), Taproot School (sale #216), South Seattle College Landscape/Horticulture Program (sale #31), American Cancer Society (sale #83), Breathe Deep Seattle (sale #91), JDRF Beat the Bridge (sale #120), Humane Society (sale #206), bake sale benefiting WS Baby (sale #255), Chamwino Connect (sale #169), Bella Mente (sale #198), and some other nonprofits at the Hotwire Coffee/Ginomai courtyards (sale #60).

More updates ahead – again, it all unfolds 9 am-3 pm this Saturday; map (online AND printable [PDF] versions) here.

joni May 8, 2014 (2:33 pm)

And of course (as requested to have posted) all unwanted items from garage sale day sellers don’t have to be pushed back into your garages. Bring your unsold things to the West Seattle Senior Center Stop n Shop! We’ll have EXTRA volunteers on hand until 7pm to help with unloading. Thank you!

LatteRose May 8, 2014 (2:42 pm)

Really appreciate all the work that went into this. Will be there with list in hand! :)

Bella Mente Pops May 8, 2014 (5:20 pm)

Great work (as usual) WSB! There are so many great sales to check out but I just want to plug the Bella Mente sale (#198). There will be tons of infant through 5ys goods provided by all the parents. All of the proceeds will help fund an ambitious conversion of this old dental space to a wonderful pre school. As you’ll see when to are in the sale space there’s lots to do yet. Please come by, get some gently used items for your family, and support a great learning place for kids.

Nancy May 10, 2014 (7:58 am)

Belle Mente rocks and we wish you luck transforming your new space! This is a perfect first stop for our Kids Shopping Squad members and/or WestSide Baby would LOVE your leftovers.

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