Here are the nonprofits that are welcoming post-West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day donations today (and beyond):

NORTHWEST CENTER: Remember that the Big Blue Truck has moved locations since last year – still in The Junction, but next to the Key Bank satellite, 4718 44th SW. Open late today, until 6:30 pm. (4:30 pm update: Photo added – three trucks were there and a fourth arriving.)

BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS: You’ll find a dropoff spot near the NW Center truck today only (on 44th SW) until 6 pm, but there are other dropoff spots for the next week – details, and what will be accepted, are here.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: They have a truck at Holy Rosary‘s parking lot, off 42nd north of Genesee, until 5 pm:

“We will be happy to take your no-longer-needed clothing, books and small household items. Unfortunately we cannot accept any large furniture or appliances. Your donation of goods will help restock our St. Vincent de Paul stores which help the needy in our area.”

ALKI ELEMENTARY ‘CLOTHING FOR THE CAUSE’: A dropoff trailer taking clothing items (as listed here) is at Alki Elementary School (3010 59th SW) all week – you’ll find it on the south side of the main building, off 59th:

And if you’re interested in pickup, they’re doing that tomorrow – text your address to 206-660-8524 and have your bags on the curb by 8 am Sunday.

(Anyone else? Let us know ASAP at garagesale@westseattleblog.com – thanks – and thanks to all the generous donors helping local nonprofits!)

LINKS: Web map here * Printable list/map here * Benefit sales here * More lists here * Donation drives here

9:04 AM: Let the sales begin – 320+ of them, all over West Seattle, as the 12th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day officially begins! Above is a photo just in from Sale #89, 6757 37th SW in Gatewood, where a years-in-the-making collection of watermelon-themed items is up for grabs. We’ll be visiting some of the sales in the hours ahead and featuring your photos (sellers OR shoppers, just be sure to mention the official map number of the sale in the photo) – garagesale@westseattleblog.com – have fun! Meantime, the first-ever WSCGSD sale to set up its own Twitter handle is ready to go:

Sale #20 is at 9640 42nd SW near the Southwest end of Fauntleroy Park, in north Arbor Heights.

9:31 AM: Also in Arbor Heights, Sale #11 (10229 35th SW) sends word that they have free popcorn. Also, in addition to the official description, amateur-radio antennas. … A photo’s in from Sale #70 (5923 46th Ave SW), where you’ll find surfboards and snowboards:

Good news on the weather front – SUNBREAK! We had faith. Meantime, we are stopping at Sale #307 (9010 Delridge Way SW), where the folks at Envision Remodels wrote on their registration form, “We are really excited!” As excited as a Sting fan might be to find this there:

Our next stop, a site that caught our eye because the OFFICIAL SALE sign is prominently displayed around the perimeter – Sale #317 at 24th/Thistle, a moving sale east of the Longfellow Creek P-Patch that in turn is east of Chief Sealth International High School:

One of today’s benefit sales has posted photos in the comment thread – it’s Sale #90, at and benefiting Safe Futures Youth Center at 6337 35th SW:

And we’re on our way to another fundraiser, Sale #27 at 5637 42nd SW, benefiting Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp for people with disabilities:

42nd SW is busy – that street (which stretches from Admiral to Arbor Heights) has 15 sales from north to south! Just heard as two people get back into their van in front of where we’re parked, “I think we’re doing great!”

10:04 AM: Some benefits, we didn’t know about in advance but we’re getting word as WSCGSD unfolds. Here’s a photo just in from Sale #55, 4052 SW Henderson in Upper Fauntleroy:

Their announcement: “Our sale has a kid-run stand selling homemade chocolate chip cookies and pink lemonade to benefit the Downtown Emergency Service Center.”

10:30 AM: A few sprinkles now in the south – but looks like a high cloud ceiling to the north, the direction we’re headed in. We’ve just stopped at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), one of two sites where small sellers are invited to sign up – Sale #28 on this year’s map, 5612 California SW – but only two showed up, without any of the others sending word they were canceling. Nonetheless, you’ll find good coffee as well as those two sellers, one of whom is Marie, out front:

From the inbox at garagesale@westseattleblog.com – Sale #97 sends greetings and a panorama from East Admiral, 3022 38th SW:

10:50 AM: We’re in The Junction to check on the Hotwire Coffee/Ginomai Art Center multi-seller site, Sales #193 and #194 at California/Genesee/42nd, lots going on, and cool people including Jessie:

The morning’s most prolific shower is moving through right now. Many sellers today have garages, tents, overhangs, or at least tarps, so hang in there. Among the garage sales with actual garages, Sale #210 on Genesee Hill at 4122 52nd SW. We just visited:

11:10 AM: We’ve now wandered toward Alki, which has more sales this year than years past. We’re noticing intrepid garage salers carrying on despite the rain, which is coming up out of the south. This year’s westernmost sale is Sale #290, 3020 Alki SW. Pulling up, we see they have an array of patio umbrellas over their tables – creative way to cope with the showeriness!

They have an assortment of sunglasses too, and are repeat WSCGSD sellers – WTG!

At Sale #45 (5454 45th SW), a tarp has been deployed, according to this photo just tweeted our way:

11:34 AM: Sale #333 at 6335 40th SW has gone into rain-delay mode – they’re selling books and those don’t do too well in the rain, which hasn’t stopped yet. (We’re still in the Alki area, and it’s fairly light.) In the Westwood area, Sale #149 (8133 32nd SW) invites you to come check out items including this Breville juicer from Williams Sonoma:

FitBits and a Wii Fit, too. (Added, an update – everything now half-off, “make an offer”!)

NOON: The rain has definitely stopped. Sun’s trying to break through here by Don Armeni, where we made a side trip to check out another one-day-only event under way in the area:

We’re headed to northeastern West Seattle. Keep the photos coming – garagesale@westseattleblog.com. We’ve received a couple with refreshment-sellers trying to catch the passing WSCGSD traffic – below, from the 6600 block of Holly Place:

Our next stop, the West Seattle Tool Library, Sale #312 at 4408 Delridge Way SW, on the northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center:

At this halfway point of official selling hours during West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, the Tool Library tells us they’ve sold half their WSCGSD inventory already.

12:33 PM: Just uphill from Youngstown, Sale #320 is at 4546 23rd SW. Unique items at this one include kayaks and stuffed critters:

Via Twitter, a shopper report just in – from @vdoyle:

The caption: “Best find of the day, taxidermy coho salmon!”

Meantime, in North Delridge, we visited Sale #328 at 2502 SW Hudson, which includes items from a recent remodel, such as cabinetry and a dishwasher:

Then, up Snake Hill to High Point. Sale #151 at 6003 29th SW in High Point is also raising $ for the Kumamoto Earthquake Fund:

In our photo are Corrina and Madelyn. We’re turning back east again to visit another benefit sale, at Sanislo Elementary, Sale #331 (1812 SW Myrtle).

1:21 PM: Everything at the Sanislo sale benefits the school, and they’ve still got a lot of great stuff that has to go. Clothes:

More from the inbox – Sale #87 in Gatewood, 6741 38th Ave SW, has a tent and remains “open for business”!

1:50 PM: Another shower’s moving through Westwood, where we found an indoor sale, at Daystar Retirement Village, Sale #105, 2615 SW Barton (south entrance). “Vintage music cassettes”:

Friendly cat, too (not for sale):

2:25 PM: Half an hour to go! Still treasures to be found. We heard from Tamsen, who reports, “Loved finding these embroidered tabletop runners and vintage cream whipper and vases.”

Maybe the portable karaoke machine at Sale #254 (4711 48th Ave SW) is what you’re looking for:

You never know what you’ll find.

3 PM: And the curtain falls on the first semi-soggy WSCGSD ever. Thanks to everybody who sold and shopped anyway – if there’s anything you’re really hoping to find a new owner for rather than putting it back in the garage or basement or wherever, you can try the Freebies/Sales/Deals section of the WSB Forums. And of course, as mentioned earlier, there are donation drives waiting in the hours and even days ahead to accept certain items as part of the post-WSCGSD give-a-thon – they’re listed here.

P.S. Thanks to Sale #59 in Fauntleroy for this time-lapse:

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(Awaiting you at Sale #58, which just sent this photo while setting up)

Good morning and welcome to West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2016! Looks like our longrunning streak of sunny WSCGSDs is taking a break this year, but Northwest hardiness shall prevail; take a sweater – or maybe you’ll find one at a sale! The basics, one more time:

*320+ sales all over West Seattle, all mapped in two ways:

(Sale #3 just sent this photo after setting up)

Online map: Get it here – click any line on the right-side list to open a sale’s info-bubble with its description, and/or maneuver around the map (zoom in/out controls are at the lower right) to explore a specific area, and click a marker to open that sale’s info-bubble. Search for sales mentioning a particular term (clothes, toys, tools, etc.) by clicking the search icon at top right on the map and choosing “description” as the area to search.

Printable/downloadable map: Get it here (19-page PDF) – it includes all sale listings in numerical order (each sale has the same number on both versions of the map) and map sections north to south.

Our final preview published early today on westseattlegaragesale.com has a variety of lists, including block sales; we’ve also published a list of benefit sales.

(Added – overview of Hotwire courtyard as setup continues)

And a reminder that the annual multi-seller sites are the courtyard/lot at #193/#194 Hotwire/Ginomai (California/Genesee) and #28 C & P Coffee (5612 California SW).

Sellers who want to donate unsold items later today rather than putting them back away – or buyers who want to do a good deed and purchase items to donate! – will find options here (including book and clothing drives benefiting local schools).

Questions? Photo to share from your sale or your shopping journey? We’ll be monitoring the WSCGSD mailbox at garagesale@westseattleblog.com all day while out covering the sales.

P.S. Don’t forget to put out your bag of nonperishable food for the letter carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive before you shop or sell! We’re finishing ours right now.

While out on an errand a little while ago, had our first sighting of a sign for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day:

#27 is on the benefit-sale list, by the way, raising money for a Kiwanis camp that serves people with disabilities. Another sale promotion we just noticed – #20 started its own Twitter account:

If you start one, be sure to tag us – @westseattleblog – so we can follow you!

The big day is now about 18 hours away – 9 am-3 pm Saturday, with more than 320 sales on the map (which we set up as WSCGSD’s official coordinators since the 4th annual event in 2008), usable in two ways – the clickable version is here (click any line on the list, or any marker on the map, to open a bubble with its address and description) – and the downloadable/printable 19-page-PDF version is here.

Many sellers repeat year after year and tell us they most enjoy meeting and talking with neighbors during their sales – so even if you just walk or bike around a bit, enjoy the chance to mingle. And don’t miss the two mega-multi-seller sites, Hotwire/Ginomai (#193 and #194, 4410 California SW and 4200 42nd SW) and C & P Coffee (#28 at 5612 California SW). We will be covering WSCGSD “live” as it unfolds, so keep watching for updates.