JUNE 2014 (MONTH OF THE SALE!)

We continued to collect donations up to June 19th and still managed to collect a ton more stuff this month. We received a bunch of tiger themed décor as well as a MASSIVE television. We priced everything prior to the sale, and my group mates, Liz and Abby, were able to move everything that was boxed, so basically everything besides large furniture, to the church on Thursday. I couldn't make it that night because of work and we didn't even know for sure if we could do that until Wednesday so I couldn't get it off but they got everything down there, it just took a little longer without my help. We also made signs to put out on Horizon and Patterson and had a banner Roice-Hurst lent us for the sale. The next day was Friday, the 20th, and the first day of the sale. We arrived at the church at 6:15 AM to set up. We had moved everything except the massive TV and a couple pieces of furniture to either Liz's or Abby's house from my house, as they're closer to the church than I was. My family dropped off the stuff from my house and my mom stayed to help move everything out to the parking lot from the youth room inside the church with our cars. This part took the longest and proved to be the craziest. We were to begin the sale at 8:30 that morning and still hadn't set up any of the stuff, due to parameters established by the church. Everyone was driving around and lifting and moving. Abby and Liz were driving back and forth from their houses with the help of their mom's and a couple of our friends, Jess and Camren. It was not only nerve racking, but strenuous as well. One man even showed up around 7:30 asking to buy one of our microwaves as we were setting up but he came back once we were set up and ended up buying one of our microwaves. I also set up the signs and we set up the banner in front of the church. Once everything was set up, people began arriving. Magic 93.1 even came down and interviewed me on their live radio show to promote the sale! It was crazy. At the end of the first day, although we had raised hundreds of dollars for Roice Hurst Humane Society, we still had so much stuff left over for the next day. Saturday we arrived at 8:00 to set up again and the day was not nearly as busy as Friday. We had contacted a man that was doing a rummage sale in September for the same cause with the actual president of Roice Hurst Humane Society. By 3:00 Saturday we still had a lot of donations left and so he came and picked up anything he thought would sell with his partner for their own sale. Anything he didn't take we donated to Goodwill or Salvation Army and anything they didn't take we dropped at the dump. collected all the money from the donation jar and from the donated items.

We cleaned up the tables and the parking lot and Having everything gone is so relieving and at the end of our sale, we've raised $1871 for Roice-Hurst Humane Society just from donations from people all over the valley! This experience was so rewarding and so challenging, and although I'm not sure I will ever initiate anything like this rummage sale again, I'm proud of my group's work.

May 2014

This month we got tons of donations from people all over town. In return we had so little space to store everything, but between all of our houses, we figured it out. One day, we went to 3 different locations and got a truck load of stuff. Most of our time was spent organizing the stuff, unloading, and loading the truck. My sister's friend even donated stuff, it wasn't just strangers. Liz's neighbor let us know that his church was having a yard sale. Abby and I went to the sale after they were done and picked out enough stuff to fill a trailer, a truck, and both of our cars from their leftover donations. We've realized that its kind of difficult deciphering between items that will and won't sell, so we just picked things that we THINK will sell. We'll see. We got mostly furniture from the yard sale, but also collected box-fulls of books, clothes, and dishes that seemed nice enough to sell. It was a busy month, but we feel like we have plenty of donations for a pretty decent sale and its comforting to know that we are progressing and approaching the sale date, June 20th-21st.

April 2014

This month we got our first donations and calls about the rummage sale. The first one was a lady who lived out in the Redlands. Liz and I went to her house, because Abby couldn't make it due to extracurriculars, and she has a few odd things to give to us, like a glass swan and a cross stitch fairy with beading. You never know what someone might buy! At this point we are not filtering what we receive, anything helps as we have very little donations. We stored the donations in the guest bedroom and on the patio at Liz's house. We also received another call from a woman in Palisade and decided to head over there after school. She had said she had a couple matresses and some other stuff as well, and we figured we could fit it all in Liz's truck. We were surprised to arrive there and realize her donations were more than could fit in only Liz's truck. We employed a couple of class mates to help us load the stuff into all of our cars and managed to fit everything. Then we stored the donations at Liz's, Abby's, and my grandma's house which included a pedestal sink, a treasure chest shaped like a frog, a bed frame, a mattress and SO MUCH MORE! It proved to be not only a learning experience, but a successful pick up that would help our sale immensely. Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures during the pick ups but I'll try to for the next months.

March 2014

Our group met to determine the dates, times, location, and details of our rummage sale. We made flyers to advertise our need for donations and the actual sale. Liz then contacted Shannon and let her know all of our details. We emailed Shannon electronic copies of both fliers and she then posted the fliers on the Roice Hurst website and included our event in their newsletter. Being able to actually form a coherent and concrete plan was a really great step in our process. We actually have a goal to meet, getting all donations in by June, and now just have to take the necessary steps to accomplish that goal.

This is one of our fliers:

February 2014

This month we visited the shelter again and volunteered by grooming and socializing with the cats. We also saw some newly arrived puppies, but unfortunately couldn't interact with them due to their weak immune systems.

 It is so enjoyable to meet all the animals who will benefit from our CAS project directly and through the money we will raise. While at the shelter, we also met with the manager of Roice Hurst, Shannon, as advised by our CAS supervisor. She seemed excited and pleased that we were willing to donate so much time, effort, and money to her organization and promised to continue consulting with us throughout the process. We informed her that as soon as we figured out all of the details of the sale, such as dates, time, and locations, we would contact her so she could help us further.

January 2014

Last weekend we returned to the animal shelter to volunteer for our project.

December 2013

This month we were unable to volunteer at Roice Hurst due to the holiday season, how ever each of our families have agreed to donate any unwanted goods to our sale. Soon we will need to start advertising and collecting goods for the sale. We may also need to contact our supervisors and peers about volunteering at the sale. We may need extra help when the sale is depending on the size of our sale.