When opera companies feel the pinch, it can lead to some pretty interesting rummage sales.
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Many of our toys came from foraging rummage sales or picking through heaps of trash at the city dump.
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In fact, half the clothes in his closet he'd bought at church rummage sales, nice $2 blazers that had belonged to other men who had died.
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For a number of years, a good chunk of my wardrobe has been occupied by a large and unruly collection, procured from charity shops, rummage sales, and my brothers' closets.
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I am old enough to remember when, in rummage sales and antique stores around New York, you would occasionally come upon an album of some veteran's snapshots from the Ardennes or Inchon.
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They can often be found at stores that carry used instruments, tag sales, rummage sales and pawn shops across the United States.
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They held rummage sales and other events to raise money for furniture, decorations and kitchen furnishings. The women have sponsored a bonspiel since 1962-63. It became known as the Norma Olson Bonspiel during the 1974-75 season.
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Throughout the history of St. Joseph's, fundraising activities provided necessary support to the school. Spaghetti dinners, Bingo, rummage sales, days of apple picking, and other events provided necessary funding to the school. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Catholic community contributed financial assistance for renovations at the school.
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Merchant W.R. Dees provided the storefront requiring a low enough rent that the Junior Women's Club could pay. The club also held bake sales, rummage sales, and dances to raise money to provide for material needs such as furniture. The grand opening was October 1962. Within a year a larger storefront opened in the same building and volunteers once again moved the library.
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The lower hall became the hub of cultural, social and fund-raising functions, such as parish praznyks, sviachenes, bake sales, choir rehearsals, rummage sales, children's programs, Ukrainian dance lessons, dances, and countless other activities. On October 1, 1975, construction of the new church edifice began. On May 22, 1977, Bishop Jaroslav Gabro dedicated the church. The large rock near the entrance ramp attracted attention to the church.
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Bruce received all of his clothes from rummage sales, and his food from canned food drives held at his school. When he became of age, Bruce signed up to join the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg. Bruce was in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992. At home, Bruce's brother Joe had started a gang known as Inner City Posse.
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The first one hundred dollars raised from the sale of books went to the fund for building a parsonage (built and dedicated in 1906). The Ladies Aid paid the monthly salaries of the Sexton $15.00, organist $18.20, and musical director $20.83. This responsibility was undertaken for “the advancement of our beloved church.” The Ladies Aid sponsored many concerts, teas, Strawberry Socials, rummage sales, baked goods and apron sales.
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Over the years, her shares split many times, and she reinvested the dividends each time. She had few needs, lived in a small cottage willed to her, bought clothes at rummage sales, but travelled extensively. She also gave money to the needy, but kept her name anonymous . Over the years, Groner remained close to Lake Forest; she donated $180,000 to help start a scholarship fund and attended college football games.
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Every year, Francis Creek hosts a Village-wide Rummage Sale where residents host individual rummage sales on the first weekend of June. The Francis Creek Lions Club provides a food tents at Wagner's Restaurant (formally the bank) which is located on the corner of South Packer Drive and Forest Home Drive. Every year, Francis Creek holds French Creek Days on the second weekend in July. People gather from many of the neighboring cities to see the tractor and truck pulls.
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The Association was predominantly a men's organization, given the type of work it took to physically light the Lane. In 1960 a Women's Auxiliary was formed, headed by Lenore Denny, to develop fund-raising projects during the year, such as summer picnics, rummage sales and donation cans placed on the sales counters of local businesses. Nowadays, fund-raising and manual labor are performed by men and women alike. By the late 1980s the board had not replanted several missing trees, and struggled to get the lights up every year.
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Shane seeks a girlfriend for Igor. 17\. Celebrity Auction – When Wakeman is vandalized by three 9th graders, the repair costs are so high that no one thinks they can raise that much money. After overhearing from her father how spoiled this generation of kids is and how they don't take responsibility for their actions, creative Beth decides to prove him wrong by raising enough money to repair the school. After a few dud ideas like car washes and rummage sales, she and her friends decide to have a celebrity auction.
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While Dugard was pregnant with her first daughter, Terry Probyn was holding rummage sales to pay for private investigators and distributing a million flyers across the United States featuring a sketch artist's image of a teenaged Dugard. Dugard watched programs on childbirth, in preparation for the birth of her first daughter, which occurred on August 18, 1994. Her second daughter was born on November 13, 1997. Dugard took care of her daughters using information learned from television, working to protect them from Garrido, who continued his enraged rants and lectures.
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And — during this time, the other half of the neighborhood — the half that sits on the other side of the breakfast table — decided that it should pitch in too. So the Ladies auxiliary was formed in April. Bakery sales, rummage sales and a highly successful auction sponsored by the ladies — contributed materially to both the treasury and to the morale of the department. And so, in July 1947 the trailer pump, that never did materialize, finally resulted in a second-hand American LaFrance 750 gallon pumper rebuilt to carry a 200-gallon water supply and 2,000 feet of hose, ladders, hand pumps, nozzles, a gasoline auxiliary pump and other equipment.
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Spreckels continued her charity rummage sales during the Great Depression, this time expanded to thrift shops, which were eventually given to The Salvation Army to operate. She also continued her devotion to the arts, obtaining more and more works for her museum as well as coordinating and partially funding the development of the Maryhill Museum of Art in Maryhill, Washington, after the death of her friend Samuel Hill. Spreckels met Elmer Awl, a Santa Barbara rancher and businessman, during her inquiries into the Samarkand Hotel, a Persian-themed hotel which had fallen into disrepair. She purchased the property for $55,000 in 1937 and proceeded to renovate it, hoping to provide another home for her now-overflowing art collection.
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The school has used a number of fundraising techniques over the years, including bingo games, flower sales, rummage sales, Chinese auctions and an annual dinner. In 1982 the school filed for reorganization under Chapter XI, but was able to recover and continue operating, opening with 330 students in 1982."Akiva, Beth Yehudah Fight Financial Crises" in Detroit Jewish News, 25 Jun 1982, p1 By March, 1983, the school had exited Chapter XI after a successful reorganization. Rabbi Moshe Tendler spoke at the dinner that year."Akiva Back to Financial Health, Celebrates at Dinner on Sunday" in Detroit Jewish News, 4 Mar 1983, p24 In September 1983, the teachers of Akiva declared a strike.
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She said her chapter managed to raise $1,000 of the $5,000 needed monthly for lawyers, by holding raffles, rummage sales, and Tupperware parties.Bill Boyarsky, "How Bustop Became Force in School Suit", Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1977, page C-1 In August 1980, as the school district was making plans to bus some students from Sunland Elementary School to Pacoima, about 100 parents met at the school to protest. Parent Betty Reeve said she and others had organized a "Yellow Flu" campaign to keep students away from school and show that "our kids are sick of riding a yellow school bus."Jan Klunder and Alan Maltun, "Sunland-Tujunga Parents Make It Clear at Meeting: They Don't Want Busing" Los Angeles Times, August 17, 1980, page GB-3 Nevertheless, a busing procedure resulted in White elementary students from Apperson Street, Sunland, Plainview Avenue, and Mountain View elementary schools in Sunland-Tujunga being exchanged with minority counterparts in Lake View Terrace, Sun Valley, and North Hollywood.
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