Thanks again for participating in WSCGSD ‘09!

The prize judging slid a bit – OK, a lot – and we’ll be announcing that shortly. Meanwhile, hope you have marked your calendar for next year: May 8, 2010.

2009 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, the aftermath

Comments? Ideas? Open thread of sorts here – plus we’re opening this post to add some aftermath items such as, “found” items we’ve just heard about — for starters, here’s information about some keys that were found. Also, a box with money and kids’ sunglasses.

Northwest Center and anything you don’t sell

Once again this year, Northwest Center is partnering with West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day to help you de-clutter if you happen to have any sale merchandise left over. Here’s the plan this year, from Northwest Center:

What to do with after-garage-sale stuff? – Why not visit Northwest Center’s West Seattle Donation Drop Off? NWC will be extending hours on Saturday, May 9th until 6:30 pm.

“The Big Blue Truck” is located in the Junction at the corner of 44th Ave SW and SW Edmunds, across from Uptown Espresso in the Diamond Parking Lot. Regular hours are Friday – Sunday 9 am – 5 pm. For a listing of acceptable donations visit their website at www.bigbluetruck.org. Please bag and box your items for the attendant. If you are interested in scheduling a pickup for the next week after the sale, click on “schedule a pickup” to enter your information. You will be contacted to schedule.

If you’re among the 180-plus sellers signed up for WSCGSD, you’ll get more Northwest Center info in the packet we’ll be mailing you at week’s end.

Tales from Sale Day 2008

Some area bloggers wrote about their experiences on West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day May 10th. Here are links to their posts:

Me Blog
Straight from the Container
Yard Sale Bloodbath
Nerd’s Eye View (whose writer won one of our contests)
Uplifting Arts
Laotong
Leo’s Outlook

Mass-yard-sale withdrawal? Check out the first-ever Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day on June 14, sponsored by Capitol Hill Seattle.

And the 2008 winners are …

As you might recall, for our first year as organizers of West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day (the 4th-annual edition was this past Saturday), we added a couple contests to the mix, asking entrants to e-mail us photo entries by mid-afternoon today. That big bag of duck decoys shown above is the “Most Unusual Item” winner (open to shoppers as well as sellers) – Pam (who writes Nerd’s Eye View) reports she found it at the alley sale near 37th/Holden. Pam gets a Hotwire Coffee (WSB sponsor) card. Meanwhile, we promised two prizes in the contest with the most entries, and that was “Best Sign” — our winners are:

Cheryl gets the Illusions Hair Design (WSB sponsor) gift certificate for that sign promoting the sale that raised money for her upcoming participation in the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk (Sept. 12-14; her fundraising page is here; you’ll recall the 3-Day came thru West Seattle last year – WSB coverage here). And the other “Best Sign” winner:

That’s Val, who proudly reports about her sign, “Please note: all materials used were recycled from a party a couple of years ago, nothing was purchased!” Val gets a gift certificate from the new Body Bar dayspa. And we have one more bonus prize:

Ashley, who joined other sellers in the Hotwire courtyard, was the only person to enter BOTH contests; we have a Hotwire coffee card for her too. The photo shows her beautifully lettered sign (her candidate for “Most Unusual Item” was betta-fish tanks she offered for sale). Congratulations to all (we’ll e-mail the winners to make arrangements for delivering prizes); thanks to Hotwire, Illusions, and Body Bar for donating the prizes; thanks to everyone who was part of West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day; stand by for an online survey we’ll be setting up within a few days, and mark your calendar for the 5th annual WSCGSD on May 9, 2009!

A sale worth checking out next Friday-Saturday

Here’s the announcement:

Yard Sale Fundraiser
Youth Group Mission Trip to Mexico
May 16 & 17th 10 am-5 pm
42nd & Genesee

Tons of quality items, old and new – furniture, kitchen kitsch, kids stuff,
household items.

Proceeds go to support a group of teenagers from West Seattle Christian Church who
will be traveling to sunny Mexico this summer – but not to relax on the beach – no
these troopers will be driving the long journey down to Tijuana, Mexico to build a
house for a needy family.

Most teens are planning for their summer break right about now – Horse Camp, Space
Camp, Gymnastics Camp, Theater Camp, or perhaps a family trip to Disneyland or
Hawaii, these kids have decided to sacrifice comfort for an opportunity to give
back, to serve a family that they haven’t even met yet, in the heat of July. Part
of the experience is for these kids to pay their own way – approx. $950.00 This
will truly be a life-changing experience for these kids.

Post-Garage Sale Day loose ends

*Get the photo entries for the contests in by Monday afternoon – garagesale@westseattleblog.com – winners will be announced here and at West Seattle Blog by late night Monday

*Mark your calendar for next year: Saturday, May 9, 2009

*This site will stay up in the interim as an archive of 2008 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, till it’s time after the first of the year to rev it up for 2009, at which time we’ll freshen some of the pages.

Thanks for a great day! Plus, if you’re donating leftovers …

The 4th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is in the rear-view mirror – and so far sounds like a pretty good time was had by all (or at least, most!). We’ve got an open thread for comments over at West Seattle Blog. Meantime, if you are a seller with leftover items to donate, please refer to the materials that came in your postal-mail packet for instructions on how to book a pickup with Northwest Center – or remember, their donation location in The Junction (northeast corner of 44th/Edmunds, next to the WaMu drive-thru) is open till 6:30 tonight!