'Tis The Season For Charity And Giving
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
More than 3,000 gently used toys go on sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Home and Family Arts Building on the county fairgrounds.
Piled on tables are the popular toys of the recent past, and, in some cases, all the rave as recently as last season.
Stuffed animals of all species, sizes and colors line one wall; videos, puzzles and games are stacked along another, while other forms of entertainment are piled high on tables.
Madison Elementary School students have contributed more than 450 books and Warsaw Christian School students are contributing their toys of the past.
The consignment sale has become a great way to recycle "old" trinkets and generate funds for new ones.
Ami Pitt, coordinator of the annual sale for Combined Community Services, and a host of volunteers have been assigning garage sale prices to each piece since Monday. It's a job she expects will continue late this evening.
"The response has been overwhelming," she said of the contributors to the consignment sale.
Toys will be accepted until 5 p.m. today.
Donors receive 60 percent of the sale price; CCS uses the remaining 40 percent to purchase new toys. Local charities plan to supply more than 1,000 families with playthings during the Toy Give-Away this year.
For more information, call Pitt, 269-2088, or CCS, 269-6019. [[In-content Ad]]
More than 3,000 gently used toys go on sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Home and Family Arts Building on the county fairgrounds.
Piled on tables are the popular toys of the recent past, and, in some cases, all the rave as recently as last season.
Stuffed animals of all species, sizes and colors line one wall; videos, puzzles and games are stacked along another, while other forms of entertainment are piled high on tables.
Madison Elementary School students have contributed more than 450 books and Warsaw Christian School students are contributing their toys of the past.
The consignment sale has become a great way to recycle "old" trinkets and generate funds for new ones.
Ami Pitt, coordinator of the annual sale for Combined Community Services, and a host of volunteers have been assigning garage sale prices to each piece since Monday. It's a job she expects will continue late this evening.
"The response has been overwhelming," she said of the contributors to the consignment sale.
Toys will be accepted until 5 p.m. today.
Donors receive 60 percent of the sale price; CCS uses the remaining 40 percent to purchase new toys. Local charities plan to supply more than 1,000 families with playthings during the Toy Give-Away this year.
For more information, call Pitt, 269-2088, or CCS, 269-6019. [[In-content Ad]]