On January 12 of this year, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti and devastated the capital city Port-au-Prince. Although the exact number is unknown, it has been reported that more than 150,000 people were killed.
The entire country needs to be rebuilt and although donations continue to pour in, more is still needed. I did the initial $5 text donation and then a much larger donation during a radio telethon, but I still wanted to give more. Since my funds are not endless, I felt somewhat limited by what I could give. That is until last Tuesday. My friend Chelah posted as her Facebook status: Chelah needs a place to do a big Haiti Relief garage sale on Sunday. Any leads?? And then on Wednesday she posted: got a space for the fundraiser!!!! Yay for the Beaumont theatre!! Details to follow... From there, (in 4 days!) she planned a full on garage/bake sale fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds going to Haiti, (split 50/50 between Doctors without borders and the Red Cross) that took place yesterday.
As soon as I found out about the sale I was in! I didn’t really have anything to sell but I mentioned it to my roommate and she baked and donated some of her very yummy Skinny Bitch bars. I decided to donate my time.
The sale was from 12-4 so I went down at 11am to help set up. There was SO much stuff! People had really cleaned out their closets and cupboards for the sale… there were lots of home appliances and tons of clothes and accessories. There were kids toys and artwork and or course baking!
I ended up buying a couple of things, (my favourite being a fantastic new mirror for my front hall), and stayed until the very end to help clean up.
The venue was good, (it was free so it was great!), but it didn’t have a lot of walk-by traffic. I think most of the people that showed up read about it online. At the end of the day, there was still a lot of stuff left, (all will be donated to local charities), and we raised $1,079.87! The Canadian government is doubling that, so it’s actually $2,159.74 that is going to Haiti! Not bad for a day’s work. Chelah is thinking about holding another sale, (probably just a bake sale) in a more high traffic area… Stay tuned for details!
The entire country needs to be rebuilt and although donations continue to pour in, more is still needed. I did the initial $5 text donation and then a much larger donation during a radio telethon, but I still wanted to give more. Since my funds are not endless, I felt somewhat limited by what I could give. That is until last Tuesday. My friend Chelah posted as her Facebook status: Chelah needs a place to do a big Haiti Relief garage sale on Sunday. Any leads?? And then on Wednesday she posted: got a space for the fundraiser!!!! Yay for the Beaumont theatre!! Details to follow... From there, (in 4 days!) she planned a full on garage/bake sale fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds going to Haiti, (split 50/50 between Doctors without borders and the Red Cross) that took place yesterday.
As soon as I found out about the sale I was in! I didn’t really have anything to sell but I mentioned it to my roommate and she baked and donated some of her very yummy Skinny Bitch bars. I decided to donate my time.
The sale was from 12-4 so I went down at 11am to help set up. There was SO much stuff! People had really cleaned out their closets and cupboards for the sale… there were lots of home appliances and tons of clothes and accessories. There were kids toys and artwork and or course baking!
I ended up buying a couple of things, (my favourite being a fantastic new mirror for my front hall), and stayed until the very end to help clean up.
The venue was good, (it was free so it was great!), but it didn’t have a lot of walk-by traffic. I think most of the people that showed up read about it online. At the end of the day, there was still a lot of stuff left, (all will be donated to local charities), and we raised $1,079.87! The Canadian government is doubling that, so it’s actually $2,159.74 that is going to Haiti! Not bad for a day’s work. Chelah is thinking about holding another sale, (probably just a bake sale) in a more high traffic area… Stay tuned for details!
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