3rd Annual Garage Sale - Donations Needed

We are having our 3rd Annual—and final—Garage Sale 4 Gambella, and we need donated items to sell.

If we reach our goal of $1500 for the garage sale, a donor will match our goal with an additional $1500—that’s a total of $3000 toward a windmill for Gambella.

Every penny made at the garage sale will go to help the village of Gambella.

If you have great stuff to donate—we’re happy to take it off your hands!  We are accepting sellable goods, and any help you’d like to offer.

Contact:  Mary Lossau:  847-707-8417, marylossau@yahoo.com

or Beth Moss:  815-219-0169, mossb1111@aol.com

Garage Sale Date/time:

June 7, 8, 9   Th/Fri  8 – 3, Sat 8 - 1

Drop off information:

Where:  321 Lincoln St, Algonquin

When:  Whenever you like!  Just call first if you could. 

** if you have large stuff (and we hope you do), please bring it Wed or Thur, as we may not have room to store it.

$1020 Raised at Garage Sale

Our 2nd Annual Garage Sale 4 Gambella was a tremendous success, as we raised $1,020!   Special thanks to Mary, Beth, Michele, and Lee, for all of their time and efforts in planning the event, and for braving the cold each morning to sit outside during the sale.  I also wanted to thank everyone who donated items to the garage sale—we certainly could not have done it without you!  We do have a few more items (kitchen table, Bitty Baby with crib, etc) that we will try to sell on eBay or Craig’s List, so the total may go up some more.

The next and final fund raising event coming up is the No Frills 5K Fun Run and 1-Mile Pet Walk next Saturday, at 9am.  We’d love to see you there!  Read more about that at http://a4gblog.org/run.

Fundraising Updates

Our primary fund raising efforts for the year are in full swing.  Last year, the bulk of the money that we raised went toward building a storehouse (pictured below), so that the villagers would have a place to keep the crops they harvest safe and dry until they can be sold to local produce companies.  This year, we’re raising money to help the villagers replace more goats that were stolen during the raid on the village two years ago, and we’re also using the funds to have a pool of money to be available for micro loans for businesses for the villagers (businesses like the tea and chapati shop, and hotel that have already been successful).

We’re done with our first two days of our garage sale, and we’ve raised about $600 for Gambella so far.  That’s a respectable amount, and we want to do more!  We still have tons of great stuff (great furniture, clothes, books, and more).  This is a good opportunity to not only get a good deal on stuff, but also to help a poor village in the process.  We’re hoping the rain will hold out tomorrow, so that we can reach our goal of $1,000 raised from the garage sale.

Our “No Frills” 5K Fun Run and 1-Mile Pet Walk is also coming up in two weeks, on Saturday, May 21.  We’re very excited about this inaugural event, and would LOVE to see you out there!  Name your own “entrance fee” (in the form of a donation of any amount to Gambella) for this event.  So far we’ve raised over $600 for this event.  Check out our Fun Run page for more information: http://a4gblog.org/run.