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PITTSBURG —
No matter how hard they look, shoppers won’t find any prices on the items in the Zion Lutheran Church rummage sale, scheduled from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the church.
“This will be a ‘love sale’ to help those in need in the community, and items donated for the sale will not be marked,” said Kathryn Richard, church member. “Those shopping will be asked to give monetarily what they feel they can or wish to give for the items they need or want, or they can simply take them at no cost.”
Any money collected from the love sale will go to Wesley House.
“We try to do a food drive for Wesley House twice a year, and we thought this sale might provide some cash for them to buy what they need for the food pantry,” Richard said. “We’ll also still do a food drive for them in the fall.”
A bake sale will also be held, and baked goods will be priced. Breakfast and lunch will also be available, and there will be a cost for that, too.
“That money will go for the local Sunday morning broadcast of ‘The Lutheran Hour’.”
The idea for the love sale came from Jennine Marrone.
“I got the idea from a school in Wichita,” she said.
Setting up for the rummage sale has been complicated by the fact that the Pittsburg Community Child Care Center is operating in the church activity center while staff look for a new home for the facility.
“We can’t set up as we normally do and have things priced,” Richard said.
Instead, workers were setting up tables Tuesday evening and sorting through items, then had to put everything away until Friday night, when the day care center equipment will be put away and the rummage can be brought out.
Sorting through all the donated rummage can be fun, according to Kathy Scott.
One item that caught her attention was a wood frame triangle with labels for various types of foods. Scott thinks it might have been an educational tool.
“I’ve always wanted a food pyramid,” she said. “I’ll bet they had children put foods in the right locations on the pyramid.”
Seth Hoffman, one of the younger volunteers going through donated items, was interested in an old camera. He opened it up and found film inside.
“I’ve never seen a camera that uses film before,” the youngster said.
Also captivating to him were two bright green plastic shoe sole shapes studded with metal spikes on the bottom.
“I believe you strap those on your feet, then walk around your yard and the spikes aerate the ground,” Richard told him.
Hoffman decided that these should be put in the adults only section, so small children wouldn’t be running around damaging the floor with the spikes.
Other items included bedding and linens, holiday decorations and crafts, clothing, toys, videotapes, DVDs and books.
“You never know what treasures you’ll find,” Scott said.
No matter how hard they look, shoppers won’t find any prices on the items in the Zion Lutheran Church rummage sale, scheduled from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the church.
“This will be a ‘love sale’ to help those in need in the community, and items donated for the sale will not be marked,” said Kathryn Richard, church member. “Those shopping will be asked to give monetarily what they feel they can or wish to give for the items they need or want, or they can simply take them at no cost.”
Any money collected from the love sale will go to Wesley House.
“We try to do a food drive for Wesley House twice a year, and we thought this sale might provide some cash for them to buy what they need for the food pantry,” Richard said. “We’ll also still do a food drive for them in the fall.”
A bake sale will also be held, and baked goods will be priced. Breakfast and lunch will also be available, and there will be a cost for that, too.
“That money will go for the local Sunday morning broadcast of ‘The Lutheran Hour’.”
The idea for the love sale came from Jennine Marrone.
“I got the idea from a school in Wichita,” she said.
Setting up for the rummage sale has been complicated by the fact that the Pittsburg Community Child Care Center is operating in the church activity center while staff look for a new home for the facility.
“We can’t set up as we normally do and have things priced,” Richard said.
Instead, workers were setting up tables Tuesday evening and sorting through items, then had to put everything away until Friday night, when the day care center equipment will be put away and the rummage can be brought out.
Sorting through all the donated rummage can be fun, according to Kathy Scott.
One item that caught her attention was a wood frame triangle with labels for various types of foods. Scott thinks it might have been an educational tool.
“I’ve always wanted a food pyramid,” she said. “I’ll bet they had children put foods in the right locations on the pyramid.”
Seth Hoffman, one of the younger volunteers going through donated items, was interested in an old camera. He opened it up and found film inside.
“I’ve never seen a camera that uses film before,” the youngster said.
Also captivating to him were two bright green plastic shoe sole shapes studded with metal spikes on the bottom.
“I believe you strap those on your feet, then walk around your yard and the spikes aerate the ground,” Richard told him.
Hoffman decided that these should be put in the adults only section, so small children wouldn’t be running around damaging the floor with the spikes.
Other items included bedding and linens, holiday decorations and crafts, clothing, toys, videotapes, DVDs and books.
“You never know what treasures you’ll find,” Scott said.
