We did our first garage sale last year and made a little over $1,000.00 We started advertising for donations at the Open House. We are doing the same this year. Here is what we do:
*Start asking for donations right away. Send home flyers every other month reminding parents that garage sale donations are accepted all school year. Advertised in the local paper twice for donations.
*Sell 12 tables to Home Businesses like AVON, Pampered Chef, etc. These tables are set up in the hallway leading into the gym where the garage sale is held. This is for Home Businesses only! Not for someone to sell their own garage sale items.
*Ask for donations of paper and plastic bags all year long.
*Last year we priced everything. It was a lot of work.
*This year we are having a $1 bag sale on all clothes and all books. DVD's, videos, shoes, purses will all have one set price. All other items are individually priced.
*We are lucky that we have a spare room in the school to store all of our donations. This makes it easier to accept donations all year long.
*We set up on a Friday after school and have the sale from 8-1pm on a Sat. All remaining items get donated.
*The only costs we have are for the garage sale stickers we purchased at Wal Mart & the cost for the ads.
We are considering having a School Yard Sale where people can either rent a table for a price or can donate their unwanted treasures to the school to sell. Has anyone run one of these? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
