LIONS GARAGE SALE INFORMATION 

The major source of recurring income for the Coupeville Lions Foundation is derived from the annual “Garage Sale”. Income from this sale helps support a wide variety of local services including Boy Scouts, scholarships, food bank, senior services, parks, youth coalition, sports, learn-to-swim, sight and hearing, medical equipment, Camp Horizon and others. Every dollar realized from the sale of donated items goes to make our community a better place.

To get the best return from donations and the tremendous effort put into the sale by Lions and other great volunteers some guidelines and good judgment need to be applied when accepting donations.

•  We can't take everything. If it won't sell, it's garbage.

•  Dumping stuff that won't sell costs dump fees, extra labor and transportation.

•  Great quality may make an item saleable even if it's on the “don't take” list.

Good judgment is the key!

Donations must be accepted by a Lion! The public is not welcome to just drop stuff off.

The following Lions have access to the storage barn and will be happy to help accept donations or arrange for pick up.

Bill Bainbridge: 678-5256

Wilbur Bishop: 678-6916

Dennis Bullock: 679-2735

Mel Rogers: 678-7727

Freeman Boyer: 678-4290

Dale Riddle: 678-0382

Warren Ivy: 678-4541

Don Richardson: 678-7461

John Roomes: 679-1506

Bob Davies: 678-4352

Ralph Edwards: 678-4539

Jim Price: 678-7792

Bob Clay: 678-0288

Dates for our next sale: Begin moving items/setting up: June 18, 2007

Sale : Saturday June 30- Sunday July 1, 2007

DONATIONS GUIDELINES

Seek good donations. We need them!

Please make people aware that we are grateful for the support of quality donations but we can't use everything.

In general Lions can't sell the following: Please do not accept them.

•  Tires, wheels, chains

•  Clothing, shoes (can be taken to thrift stores, etc.)

•  Stuffed animal toys. (collect mice & dirt in barn)

•  Mattresses, box springs

•  Large microwave ovens, console or large TV's (over 17”), large speakers (over 12”), printers, scanners, monitors

•  Telephones, fax machines, answering machines

•  Dirty, excessively worn or broken furniture.

•  Furniture made of chip board.

•  Appliances (unless very clean and in good working order)

•  Typewriters, copiers

•  Hide-a-bed sofas

•  Encyclopedias, magazines, Readers Digest books

In general, garage sale leftovers are not worth the time and trouble to pick them up.

Do ask what will be donated! Don't just say the Lions will pick it up.

If you pick up junk as a service, you are not a bad person, just take it on to the dump so others don't have to handle it.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, so a second opinion or consultation is sometimes a good way to do business too. Remember, we're all in this together.