AFTER THE SALE: Lafayette PTA donation truck already full

It took only minutes for the Goodwill truck at Lafayette Elementary to fill up with donations, so do NOT bring anything more there.

HAPPENING NOW: Rain’s over, sun’s breaking through, and it’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2022!

We have ongoing coverage on West Seattle Blog plus also via Instagram Stories at @westseattleblog. The sale map/list, in clickable and printable formats, is here. Even if you’re just walking to the nearest neighbors’ sale(s) to say hi, go shop!

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2022 is almost here!

Might be a few raindrops but we’ve seen that before, so on we go into WSCGSD 2022! Saturday (May 14th), 9 am-3 pm, with some sales starting early and/or ending late … some even are running extra days. If you haven’t seen the map/list yet, go here – and also check there before heading out Saturday, for last-minute changes/cancellations as well as links to lists we’ve collected (benefit sales, business sales, block sales, plant sales, more to come).

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The online 2022 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day map is ready!

You can now see who’s selling what where! The printable version is still a few hours out, but all the numbers and locations will be the same.

320+ sales for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2022!

May 14th is getting closer – that’s sale day – and May 7th is a big day too, as that’s when we’ll have the map/list available. Just wanted to let you know that WSCGSD has had a tremendous “welcome back” reception and 320+ sales are signed up! 98116 is the zip code with the most sales, followed by 98126 and 98136, which are almost tied. After the map is ready, we’ll be rolling out lists such as benefit sales, block sales, business sales, bake sales … Get ready for a great WSCGSD!

Registration for WSCGSD 2022 ends Wednesday at 11:30 pm

Quick reminder if you haven’t been following the updates on our main site – if you’re having a sale during West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day on May 14th, you need to register by 11:30 pm Wednesday, April 27th. You can do that here!

Registration begins for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2022!

Go here to sign up.

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is on for 2022

Just in case you missed the announcement – Saturday, May 14, 2022, West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day WILL be back this year! Registration will start Monday, April 4th.

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2022 update

90 percent probability it’ll happen – the date this year (always the second Saturday in May) would be May 14, 2022. Watch for official word in March.

No Garage Sale Day for 2021, hopeful for 2022

If you missed the announcement on our main site West Seattle Blog – for a second year, we’ve had to cancel WSCGSD. Just not safe enough to invite thousands of people to mingle at hundreds of sales. We are hopeful for 2022! – Tracy & Patrick

No West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day for 2020

Inevitable but still sad – we have to cancel 2020’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, which would have been the 16th annual WSCGSD. Even if our state’s stay-home order ends in early May, even if gatherings are allowed again, there’s no way it would be a good idea to invite thousands of people to come visit for the day. (And then there’s our current state of bridgelessness ..) So here’s hoping for next year, when the second Saturday in May will be the 8th.

THANK YOU! 2019 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day a sunny success

Our favorite photos of this year’s big day:

Meg from Sale #2 sent that pic; shopper Pamela sent this sign sighting:

Hope you had a fun day. Our as-it-happened coverage of the first half is here; of the second half, here.

Set your calendar for the 16th annual WSCGSD – May 9, 2020!

TOMORROW! West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019 is hours away

Ready to shop? Or sell? West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019 (Saturday, May 11) is hours away. Reminders:

*The interactive map and downloadable version can both be found here

*Traffic alert – California SW will be blocked at Stevens for tower-crane removal so you’ll have to detour around that block if you are approaching the Admiral area from the south. (Be sure to stop by the Lafayette Elementary sale just north of the area – sale #252!)

*Who’s accepting donations post-sale – here’s our updated list

*Another update with some highlight lists is coming up on WSB this afternoon.

TWO DAYS AWAY! West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019 is almost here

Have you browsed the map? Made your plan? Saturday, May 11th, is almost here, and so are nearly 300 sales for the 15th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day. We’ve been publishing some mini-lists on parent site West Seattle Blog – check out our coverage archive here. More previews later today!

SIX DAYS AWAY! Maps and more as we count down to 2019 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day

Great forecast so far! Sunny and near 80 is the outlook right now for next Saturday (May 11th), the 15th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day. Both versions of the map (almost 300 sales, all over the peninsula) are ready – online here, printable here (16 pages, PDF). So we’ll be publishing some lists of specific types of sales. First – the benefit/nonprofits:

#7 – LungForce
#20 – Mt.Hood Kiwanis Camp
#21 – Delta Kappa Gamma
#51 – Solstice Park P-Patch
#90 – Girl Scout Troop 45120
#120 – with bake sale benefiting Seattle Children’s
#189 – Providence Medical Center
#230 – Breast cancer
#235 – West Seattle High School Football
#252 – Lafayette Elementary PTA
#288 – West Seattle Tool Library

More lists and updates to come …

The 2019 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day map debuts!

We’re still finishing the printable/downloadable version – which will be ready later this morning – but in the meantime, the clickable version is live on our main site West Seattle Blog – find it here!

Two weeks to 300 sales on West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019!

Registration is closed and once again this year it’s a 300-sale West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day! Two weeks from today – Saturday, May 11th. We’re working on the map/listings now so that as always you’ll be able to access the info for planning one week in advance, starting next Saturday, both here and on our main site West Seattle Blog. Keep checking back here for daily previews as we count down to sale day. And if you’re one of the sellers, if you have something especially unusual – send a pic we can use in a preview! westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you. Also, if you’re a nonprofit offering an opportunity for people to donate unsold stuff post-WSCGSD, let us know ASAP – same address.

REGISTRATION ALMOST OVER: Tonight’s your last chance!

Just a really quick mention that TONIGHT (11:30 pm Thursday, April 25th) is the deadline for registering a sale to be on the map for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019. Here’s where to go! We start working on the map/listings right after registration closes, and the downloadable/printable and clickable versions will be available May 4th, one week before sale day, which is Saturday, May 11th!

1 more week to register for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2019!

Reminder time! If you are still deciding whether to have a sale on Saturday, May 11th, as part of the 15th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day – registration is open for one more week, until next Thursday, April 25th. That’s when we get busy mapmaking! So far more than 150 sales are registered – from individual sales to block sales to business sales, moving sales to kid-stuff sales, “vintage” sales, furnishings, collectibles, sports gear, holiday decorations, kitchenware … if you’re looking for something and don’t mind that it’s used, WSCGSD will be the day to find it. We publish the map in clickable and downloadable versions one week in advance so shoppers can plan, and that’s why we cut off registration. So if you’re ready to sign up your sale, don’t wait – just go here now!

One month until WSCGSD 2019 – two more weeks of registration!

Almost 100 sales are registered for the 15th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day – now just one month away, coming up on Saturday, May 11, 2019! Big, small, north, south, east, west, you’ll find sales that day all over the peninsula. Ready to sign yours up? Registration continues for two more weeks – start by going here!

2019 West Seattle Community Garage Sale registration begins!

As of this morning, registration has opened for the 2019 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, and a dozen sales are already signed up! The big day is 9 am-3 pm Saturday, May 11th – if you want to start your sale earlier and/or end it later, just be sure to include that info in the “ad” with your registration, so that we can include it in the listing. Ready to sign up your sale? Go here.

2019 WSCGSD registration starts Wednesday!

We’ll be opening registration for this year’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 … the big sale day itself is May 11th. Check back on Wednesday for the link!

THE BIG DAY IS HERE!

It’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018! Got your map? Find it here. And find all the last-minute update info here. Have a great day, whether you’re shopping or selling.

Yes, the map is ready for 2018 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day!

Just a quick note for starters – the map IS ready! The printable version, with all 300+ listings, is here; the clickable/zoomable online version is here! One week to sale day – more to say later!

THANK YOU! 330+ sales registered for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018

Registration is over and the countdown has begun – two weeks from tomorrow, it’s the 14th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day! More than 330 sales of all sizes, in all neighborhoods, are signed up for Saturday, May 12th – if you are one of them, please watch the e-mail account you used to sign up, because if we have a question before making the map/list, we’ll be e-mailing you with that question in the next day or two. As promised, we will have the map/list available here on Saturday, May 5th, which also will tell sellers their official number (so you can tell your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers that you are Sale #xx). So get ready for another great Garage Sale Day!

2 more days to register for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018

245 sales and rising as we approach the deadline — Thursday night is your last chance to sign up for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018 (which is happening on Saturday, May 12th). Big sale? Little sale? Inbetween? Apartment complex courtyard? Full garage? School? Business? Or … ? It’ll be a day of sales of all sizes, all locations, as always … this is the 14th year for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day and we’re excited! As soon as registration closes, we get to work on the map and list so they’ll be available a week in advance for all those buyers to plan! So don’t procrastinate … sign up YOUR sale now … thank you!

Registration ends Thursday for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018

Quick update – if you’re planning on a sale for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018, you have five more days: Thursday night (April 26th) is the deadline to register. We’re close to 200 sales already, but we know from coordinating WSCGSD for 11 years now that many wait to decide until the last few days of signups – so if you’re ready to commit, go here! The big sale day – sales of all sizes, in neighborhoods all over the peninsula – is Saturday, May 12th, just three weeks away.

120 sales and rising as West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018 gets closer!

Now just under four weeks until Saturday, May 12th – this year’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day – and 120 sales are signed up! Every single year, the variety is amazing, in sale size, sale items, sale locations, and this year is looking great too. We are midway through the registration period and the rest of the time will roar by, so if you’re planning a sale but haven’t signed up yet – go here to get it done!

UPDATE! Two more weeks to register for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018

One week now since we started registering sales for Saturday, May 12th, this year’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, and 85 sales are on the list – all sizes, all over the peninsula, all sorts of items. It’s the biggest community garage-sale day in the city so far as we can tell, and this will be its 14th year, a tradition still going strong. If you’re planning to sign up, you still have two weeks – just be sure you have your up-to-20-words “ad” ready to include once you start filling out the registration form! Official sale hours are 9 am-3 pm on May 12th but you are welcome to run longer – with an early start and/or late end – just be sure to mention that in your ad, too.

70 sales for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018. Ready to sign up?

We’re still in the first of three weeks of registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018, and 70 sales are already signed up – including the group site at Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (4410 California SW in The Junction), half a dozen businesses, and lots of awesome sales of all sizes, all kinds of items … clothes, toys, houseware, antiques, furniture, books, music, sports gear, and that’s just barely scratching the surface.

Official sale hours on Saturday, May 12th, are 9 am-3 pm, but sellers are welcome to start earlier and/or end later, and some already have announced they’re doing that – shoppers come from miles away (we’ve heard of people coming from Eastern Washington just for WSCGSD). Having a sale but not signed up yet? You have 2+ weeks BUT why procrastinate? Get on the list now!

More than 30 sales already for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018!

After the first day of registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018 – coming up on Saturday, May 12th – we are already past 30 sales signed up, and they’re all over the peninsula, from South Delridge to North Admiral, Alki Point to Pigeon Point, and beyond! We have individual, group, and business sales on the list already, too. Official sale hours are 9 am-3 pm on May 12th but sellers are welcome to start early and/or end late – be sure to include that info in your ad text if/when you are signing up. Speaking of which – here’s where to register! And if you’re planning to shop, watch for the map/list, printable and clickable versions, to be available one week before sale day, here and at our parent site West Seattle Blog.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Now welcoming sale signups for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018

The big day BEFORE the big day is here … we have just opened signups for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018. This is the 14th annual WSCGSD and sales of all sizes are welcome – individual residence, business/organization/school, or block sale. We keep registration open for about three weeks so there’s plenty of time to decide if you’re participating and to register, but please don’t procrastinate, because once it’s closed, it’s closed – creating the maps and sale list takes some time! Ready to sign up? Got your up-to-20-word “ad” ready? Then go here.

ALMOST REGISTRATION TIME! Signups start April 4th

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is only a month and a half away and so it’s almost time to start signups. We will open registration – with links here and on our main site West Seattle Blog – on Wednesday, April 4th, as early in the day as we get the system going. So check back then! The big day itself, of course, is the second Saturday in May, as always – this year that’s Saturday, May 12, 2018. And the map will be available one week in advance, printable and clickable versions. Get ready for a fun day when West Seattle becomes the epicenter of person-to-person recycling!

Thank you!

Just a quick word of thanks, as we all continue recovering from a West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day that was far sunnier than we expected (among other attributes) … thanks for being part of it, thanks for sharing photos, updates, and thanks for taking the time to meet your neighbors from far and near who stopped by. Next year’s WSCGSD will be the second Saturday as usual, which means it’s May 12, 2018!

IT’S ON! West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2017 until 3 pm

The weather decided to behave, and it’s a great WSCGSD so far! We have coverage, and links, at WSB – go here. And if you haven’t seen the map/list yet, the direct link is here.

WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE DAY 2017 EVE! Hours away…

Yeah, the weather’s been a little weird. But whatever it brings, tomorrow (Saturday, May 13th) is the big day, and we’re not going to let anything get in the way of that. So a few reminders:

Online map/list is here
Downloadable/printable map/list/guide is here

9 am-3 pm is the official sale window (no earlybirds please, except for the few sellers that mentioned it’s OK – review the list to look). We’ll be stopping at some sales for as-it-happens coverage on West Seattle Blog, and we appreciate photos from sellers and shoppers too – first sale? first purchase? Cool visitor? Whatever … e-mail us at garagesale@westseattleblog.com – thank you!

Clothes for the Cause trailer at Alki Elementary all weekend

Continuing our spotlight on donation drives organized in connection with West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2017 (coming up this Saturday, May 13th!), for anyone from shoppers who want to buy and donate items, to sellers with leftovers – the Clothes for the Cause trailer will be at Alki Elementary all weekend, for dropoffs. Here’s the announcement:

Alki Elementary is partnering with Clothes for the Cause for a Clothing Drive Fundraiser on the weekend of the West Seattle community garage sale.

Donations will benefit Alki Elementary to purchase Emergency Preparedness Kits and supplies for the students of Alki.

The Clothes for the Cause trailer will be at Alki Elementary School (3010 59th Ave SW) in the staff parking lot behind the school (south side of the school) on Saturday, May 13th and Sunday, May 14th.

Bring the bags to us at your convenience on those days or text 206-954-0828 to arrange pick-up that weekend.

What can we take?

– CLOTHING any kind/gently used;
– PAIRED SHOES any kind/gently used;
– TOWELS bath, kitchen;
– SHEETS, BLANKETS, QUILTS;
– BACKPACKS;
– CURTAINS/DRAPERY;
– PURSES, BELTS synthetic/leather;
– TABLECLOTHS;
– PLACEMATS;
– STUFFED ANIMALS

Thank you!! Alki Elementary PTA

After the sales: Stop ‘n’ Shop in The Junction

Continuing our look at who’s welcoming donations after Saturday’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day closing bell (figurative!) at 3 pm, this is from Stop ‘n’ Shop Thrift Store at the Senior Center of West Seattle in The Junction (4217 SW Oregon):

The West Seattle Senior Center’s Stop ‘n Shop would be thrilled to take your unsold garage sale merchandise after the sale day has ended. We’ll be staying open late until 6:00 pm and will have extra helpers ready to unload your vehicle from our back alley. Your unsold merchandise pays for many great programs and benefits for our wonderful local senior population. Thank you in advance!

The alley is off the south side of SW Oregon just east of California SW.

Book drive in conjunction with West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2017

Today we’re spotlighting the donation drives that have been organized in connection with West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day this year. First: A book drive to benefit schools:

One of the easiest ways to motivate students to read and learn is to have books with topics that kids are excited about reading and learning from! Your donated books will make a difference! Over the past three years, West Seattle schools received more than 5,000 books for motivating and exciting students as an important part of education.

We will donate religious-theme books to religious schools in West Seattle, and elderly books to Providence. We don’t want violent or sexual-themed books.

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is a tremendous source of books. We are asking people who have left-over books from their yard sale this May 13th (as well as anyone who has excess books), to please donate your books to West Seattle schools. And for those who donated in the past, Thank you!

You can drop off books at any of these locations through May 26th.

A. West Seattle schools (Monday thru Friday only):

1. Denny International Middle School, 2601 SW Kenyon St, 252-9000. Drop off at the front desk, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Attention: Librarian (Denny will take books all year.)

2. Sanislo Elementary, 1812 SW Myrtle St, 952-8320. Drop off at the front desk from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Attention:Kim

B. West Seattle Businesses:

1. We will have a truck marked with a large sign “Donate Books to West Seattle Schools” in the West Seattle Junction near the Northwest Center truck (off 44th SW between Alaska and Edmunds) from 2 to 6 PM on May 13th only.

Note: We will have 40 coupons good for up to 4 free Bowling Games at Roxbury Lanes for anyone who donates 20 or more hard-cover books.

2. Roxbury Bowling Lanes, 2823 SW Roxbury, 206-935-7400, from 11 AM to 7 PM. … Note: Roxbury Lanes, as part of its support for the Seattle community, will give a certificate good for 4 free bowling games for any book donation over 20 hardcover books.

3. Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, 4410 California Avenue SW … Note: Hotwire Coffee, as part of its support for the West Seattle community, will give a certificate good for $1 off any purchase at Hotwire to the first 25 people who drop off 10 or more hardcover books.

We want to thank Denny Principal Jeff Clark, Denny Librarian Jeff Treistman, and Dearborn Librarian Craig Seasholes (formerly at Sanislo Elem) for their efforts to distribute books to their students. For further info, call Mr. Potratz at 932-3007.

COUNTDOWN CONTINUES: Four days to West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2017!

The 13th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is now just four days away! Here’s this year’s list of benefit/nonprofit sales:

Sale #8: 4408 Delridge Way SW – West Seattle Tool Library

Sale #112: 3855 48th Ave SW – Girl Scout Troop 44028

Sale #126: 4142 47th Ave SW – fighting breast cancer

Sale #154: 2701 51st Ave SW – proceeds to Planned Parenthood

Sale #156: 2007 Ferry Ave SW – WSHS baseball

Sale #172: 3446 38th Ave SW – students selling items to benefit WestSide Baby

Sale #231: 5637 42nd Ave SW – multifamily sale benefiting Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp for children and adults with disabilities

Sale #233: 7400 Fauntleroy Way SW – Solstice P-Patch plant sale

Sale #236: 5242 41st Ave SW – multifamily sale benefiting West Seattle Timebank

Sale #243: 7702 44th Ave SW – Seattle Children’s Hospital

Sale #249: 8436 Fauntleroy Way SW – benefit for Delta Kappa Gamma, scholarships for women educators

Sale #256: 9261 45th Ave SW – Sale at Endolyne Joe’s with half the proceeds benefiting Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

#Sale 307: 10323 28th Ave SW – Multifamily sale at Grace Church benefiting missions to Nicaragua

Click on any line on the online map to open the bubble with its description. More lists to come before sale day – which is this Saturday, May 13th, 9 am-3 pm (but check listings for sales opening earlier and/or staying open later).