How to Host a Community Yard Sale
If your community is trying to raise money for the association here is a way to generate extra funds.
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Instructions
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The first thing you should do is talk to your Community Association about having a yard sale event to generate funds for your community. Most likely this will not be a problem as long as you host it.
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Next plan a date to have the event and try not to plan it on a holiday or on other major events that might be taken place. Once you have decided on a date make sure you plan a rain date just in case the original date does not work out.
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Next place an ad with the location in your local newspaper at least 1 to 2 months in advance for a big turnout.
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Now place the ad with contact information in your community newsletter so that each household that wants to take part in the event can contact you with there name and address.
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A week before the event you will have all the names and addresses of who will participate in the yard sale. Take the map of your community and highlight all the addresses that signed up. Make multiple copies of the map for the day of the event.
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The morning of the event have someone stand at the front entrance of your community and hand out the maps to the shoppers this way they will know where to go.
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Now take a copy of the map and go around and collect $3.00 from each household that is highlighted. This could be a very profitable day for your community.
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Tips & Warnings
Have a bake sale the day of for extra profit
post your yardsale on craigslist
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hdubs
Mar 02, 2009
What a great way to get involved and in the end do something to improve your community!
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jdosjs
Mar 01, 2009
Good tips! Its about that time again for yard sales, so this is well-timed. Yard sales are cool cuz you can have your friends over, and have them watch your stuff if you need to run inside. We would have them with all our friends' stuff, or the apartment bldg. We did pretty good too!!
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Kristina N
Feb 17, 2009
This would be a great way to get involved with your community. 5*
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kimarkent
Jan 23, 2009
Your articles always have the coolest pics,, and you and your family must have so much energy to do these projects.. your profile quote doesn't match the tone of your article!! you sound like you DO depend on someone!! Your wife maybe??? RRRring 5*
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tocuriousgeorge
Jan 20, 2009
What a great idea! It would be a good idea for group fundraisers too!Thanks for sharing!5*
