October 10th...garage sale success!
Posted by Susan Lundy
on Oct 15, 2015
Our Yard Sale on Saturday, October 10th, earned $2,500 for our Club.
Kramer Herzog...the bunny! |
Barbara Weldon, having just finished loading the tables |
Bev and John..taking a well earned break |
Rose with Stacie in background
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Equally importantly, we re-learned how much fun we have working together. On the Sunday before the event, Chair Carola Detrick started us off with Jim Carriere, Judi Cooper, Susan Lundy, President Elect Hugh Murphy, President Bev Shwert, Brigette Waterbury, Helen Abe, Chris Major, John Noerr and outside-of-Rotary friends showed up to help price, enjoy wine, and have fun. On the Friday afternoon before the sale, Judi, Bev, Susan, John, Helen, Hugh, Brigette, and Carola met again to arrange the items on tables, finish pricing, and make sure the morning would go smoothly.
The BIG DAY started at 6:30 am with much of the same crew mentioned above plus work and appearances by Carol Scott, Barbara Weldon, Carla Chapman (Susan's guest), Misha Murphy (Hugh's daughter), and Helen Abe's sister Rose and friend Darlene, who stayed ALL DAY and handled the cash register. (THANK YOU, HELEN, for having such a giving "service-above-self" sister and friend!). Also handling the register was Willa Speck and occasionally Susan, Judi, Carola, or other members. Our treasurer Cindy Stameroff along with Tom Sutton for IT worked several hours getting our account set up for Paypal Mastercard/Visa (Carola's great idea and research got this started) so we were ready, set, and able to handle payments.
In attending other Clubs, Judi Cooper got a wonderful set of furniture from...are you ready for this...a GUEST and prospective member of a fellow Rotary Club! We were blessed with donations above our wildest expectations.
At the end of the day, some of our remaining items are going to Gigi Noerr's family who lost their house in the Middletown fires; Brigette's and Kris Edward's trucks went to Goodwill, and a few designer items are saved for our Ebay Foundation listings. All in all, it was a lot of fun, and made us really proud to be a part of such an active, hard-working Club.
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Speaker Margaret Hallet, Marin Family Services Agency, October 20th, reminded us of the good we do each year for the clients during the Holidays and throughout. |
Two days after the sale, District Governor Leah R. Lambrecht spoke movingly to our Tuesday morning Breakfast Club meeting. |
Clothes and more Clothes!!! |
Willa running credit cards, checking out, and in general making everyone feel welcomed and happy. |