--Date--
Saturday, August 16th from 7:30AM to 1:30PM
--Location--
608 S. Greenwood Ave., Columbia, MO 65203
--The Cause--
All proceeds support River Relief's efforts to build knowledge and understanding of the Missouri River through hands-on experiences that deepen people's connection and sense of responsibility to the river. Our mission is to connect individuals and communities to the river, giving them an opportunity to make the river part of their story. We do this through river cleanups, education programs, and recreation. Read more about our mission here-
https://riverrelief.org/about/our-mission/
Please share with friends! We will be dropping sneak peaks of cool items that will be at the sale on Facebook. You just never know what treasure you're going to find! Save the date and come shop our sale.
--Donations Are Welcome!--
Have some special items laying around that you're hoping to find a new home for? We can take them off your hands! Please call Ruthie Moccia to arrange drop off at 573-443-7678 until Sunday, August 3.
The success of the sale rests on MRR being gifted with usable, desirable items and on buyers showing up to donate money for those items. If you can’t tell, I’m asking you to gift MRR with something desirable that you no longer need. And also come to the sale!
Ready to clear out things you don’t need or use, but hang on to? Maybe they hold special memories, maybe they are in perfect shape, maybe you spent too much on them! Yes, it’s hard to let go. The way to get over that is to donate items you no longer need to our sale!
Some suggestions for donations: light weight furniture, small appliances, wall hangings, camping stuff, kitchen stuff, sports stuff, household items, etc. Please no large (and heavy) items at this time unless discussed with Ruthie.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept clothes or books. We have not been successful selling those and they are hard to store or carry. Please take clothes and books to Salvation Army where they have steady customers and lots of space.
Don't have anything to contribute? Join us on the day of the sale and consider donating in exchange of a treasure!
--A little history about the sale--
In 2018, the idea of having a rummage sale to raise some money came up. We gathered, we priced, we held the sale. We took in $400 bucks. Another group shared with me that they had done really well without pricing items, asking instead that items be paid for with a donation. The very next year we nixed the pricing and sold by donation. We made $4,000.
The next thing we noticed was the quality of our donated items was increasing. Our donors respected our cause! That’s when I said, “Maybe this isn’t a rummage sale.” As I cleaned, painted, or repaired some donated items to make them as worthy as others, I said, “This is more of a recycle sale.”
Now we have a recycle sale of donated items and the buyer pays with a monetary donation to Missouri River Relief.
Thank you to Ruthie for hosting this cleanup in benefit of MRR, and to the crew and donors who help make it possible!
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