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Sunnyside Swap and Spring Cleanup « Sunnyside Family Swap Shop and Play Space
Sunnyside Swap and Spring Cleanup « Sunnyside Family Swap Shop and Play Space
Useful Goods Exchange becomes Sunnyside Swap and Spring Cleanup
The annual Useful Goods Exchange held at Sunnyside Environmental School for it’s first four years and the long running Sunnyside Neighborhood Clean Up merged last year to become the Sunnyside Swap and Spring Clean Up. This combined effort to reduce, reuse and recycle will take place this Spring at Saint Stephens Catholic Church gym and parking lot Friday, April 20th – Sunday, April 22th 2012.
Hours and items accepted for this year’s event:
Drop off of useful goods begins on Friday 6-9pm through the main doors of the gym and continues on Saturday 9-4. If you drop off your useful goods on Friday you will receive free entry to the swap on Saturday.
Collection of bulky waste and recyclables takes place on Saturday 9-noon in the church parking lot.
Swapping happens all day on Saturday 9-4 in the gym. $2 admission donation per family.
Rummage Sale: All items not swapped on Saturday are part of the rummage sale on Sunday 10-1. All items in the rummage sale are free 12:30-1 on Sunday. Remaining items at the end of the rummage sale will be given to charities.
All money raised during the 2011 clean up was collected by the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association as a community fundraiser. Proceeds of the swap and rummage sale are held by the Sunnyside Swap Shop as a starter fund for next year’s event.
What to bring to the Swap (Friday drop off 6-9pm and Saturday drop and swap 9-4):
Any item that has useful good left in it is welcome at the exchange: clean clothing with out rips or tears, books, videos, DVDs, CD’s, furniture, dishes, craft supplies, gardening items, toys, working electronics, building supplies, etc.
Please no stained or torn clothing or hazardous chemicals.
What to bring to the Clean Up (Saturday 9-noon or until drop boxes are full):
Old home and lawn furniture beyond repair, broken up concrete (with or without rebar),wood, metal, cardboard, ewaste (non broken TV’s, computer monitors and towers), sheet rock, sod/dirt, hard plastics (such as old/damaged toys beyond safe use), yard debris (including stumps).
PROHIBITED MATERIALS: WET GARBAGE, FOOD WASTE, CHEMICALS, COMMERCIAL REFRIGERANTS, AUTO PARTS/MOTORS, GAS POWERED YARD MACHINES, TIRES OVER 22.5 INCHES, HAZARDOUS WASTE INCLUDING ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS.
Cost to participate in the clean up: $6 a car, $10 SUV/wagon, $14 pickup/truck/van. If you are walking in or biking in with your clean up items, donate a smaller sum of your choice.
Volunteers will be directing traffic and helping to unload. They’ll be working hard to help make the drop off easy for you. Please listen carefully to their directions as they keep everyone safe and things running smoothly.
Tips for making the best of this event:
Leading up to the weekend:
Box and bag up any and all useful items that you would like out of your house and recirculating in community: clothes that no longer fit or suit, extra housewares, books, toys your kids have grown out of or grown tired of, spare furniture, usable construction materials, gardening supplies, etc. Read through the list of clean up items (above) and plan your transportation for Saturday morning – the earlier in the morning you plan to arrive with throw away and recyclables the better to assure there is room for your items in the drop boxes.
Friday 6-9pm – Drop off useful items in the gym to be set up for the Saturday Swap. Adult volunteers help our middle school managers and their crews create a department store in the gym for the big swap day on Saturday. Dropping off your items on Friday helps us have a great start on Saturday. Plus you get a free pass for Saturday as a thank you for bringing your items early.
Saturday Clean up 9-noon, All day swap 9-4. You can wait and bring in your useful items on Saturday any time between 9am and 4pm making a $2 donation when you come in. Come in the morning 9-noon (or until drop boxes are full) if you also have clean up items (see list and cost above). Add your own useful items to the departments (clothing, toys, furniture, books, household goods, renovation supplies) in the gym then shop for things you would like in return. All swapping is done on the honor system giving as much or more than you take in a way that feels fair to you. If you want to assure that you get fair value in return for the items you bring, you can shop first and swap second, taking out of the exchange the things that you want and returning by the close at 4pm with your items in trade.
Sunday – All day Rummage sale . Want more items than you have items to trade? Come in on Sunday to shop. Most items $1. Larger items priced to move. Last hour on Sunday, all items are free. Some of the clothes that remain at the end of Sunday will be made available to the homeless and near homeless through the Sunnyside Methodist Church building, delivered to Portland Public Schools clothing center and incorporated into the Swap Shop. Other items will be given to charitable organizations. If you have a favorite charity you like to provide with clothing or household goods, come gather what they may need the last half hour and at the end of the rummage sale.
Hours and items accepted for this year’s event:
Drop off of useful goods begins on Friday 6-9pm through the main doors of the gym and continues on Saturday 9-4. If you drop off your useful goods on Friday you will receive free entry to the swap on Saturday.
Collection of bulky waste and recyclables takes place on Saturday 9-noon in the church parking lot.
Swapping happens all day on Saturday 9-4 in the gym. $2 admission donation per family.
Rummage Sale: All items not swapped on Saturday are part of the rummage sale on Sunday 10-1. All items in the rummage sale are free 12:30-1 on Sunday. Remaining items at the end of the rummage sale will be given to charities.
All money raised during the 2011 clean up was collected by the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association as a community fundraiser. Proceeds of the swap and rummage sale are held by the Sunnyside Swap Shop as a starter fund for next year’s event.
What to bring to the Swap (Friday drop off 6-9pm and Saturday drop and swap 9-4):
Any item that has useful good left in it is welcome at the exchange: clean clothing with out rips or tears, books, videos, DVDs, CD’s, furniture, dishes, craft supplies, gardening items, toys, working electronics, building supplies, etc.
Please no stained or torn clothing or hazardous chemicals.
What to bring to the Clean Up (Saturday 9-noon or until drop boxes are full):
Old home and lawn furniture beyond repair, broken up concrete (with or without rebar),wood, metal, cardboard, ewaste (non broken TV’s, computer monitors and towers), sheet rock, sod/dirt, hard plastics (such as old/damaged toys beyond safe use), yard debris (including stumps).
PROHIBITED MATERIALS: WET GARBAGE, FOOD WASTE, CHEMICALS, COMMERCIAL REFRIGERANTS, AUTO PARTS/MOTORS, GAS POWERED YARD MACHINES, TIRES OVER 22.5 INCHES, HAZARDOUS WASTE INCLUDING ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS.
Cost to participate in the clean up: $6 a car, $10 SUV/wagon, $14 pickup/truck/van. If you are walking in or biking in with your clean up items, donate a smaller sum of your choice.
Volunteers will be directing traffic and helping to unload. They’ll be working hard to help make the drop off easy for you. Please listen carefully to their directions as they keep everyone safe and things running smoothly.
Tips for making the best of this event:
Leading up to the weekend:
Box and bag up any and all useful items that you would like out of your house and recirculating in community: clothes that no longer fit or suit, extra housewares, books, toys your kids have grown out of or grown tired of, spare furniture, usable construction materials, gardening supplies, etc. Read through the list of clean up items (above) and plan your transportation for Saturday morning – the earlier in the morning you plan to arrive with throw away and recyclables the better to assure there is room for your items in the drop boxes.
Friday 6-9pm – Drop off useful items in the gym to be set up for the Saturday Swap. Adult volunteers help our middle school managers and their crews create a department store in the gym for the big swap day on Saturday. Dropping off your items on Friday helps us have a great start on Saturday. Plus you get a free pass for Saturday as a thank you for bringing your items early.
Saturday Clean up 9-noon, All day swap 9-4. You can wait and bring in your useful items on Saturday any time between 9am and 4pm making a $2 donation when you come in. Come in the morning 9-noon (or until drop boxes are full) if you also have clean up items (see list and cost above). Add your own useful items to the departments (clothing, toys, furniture, books, household goods, renovation supplies) in the gym then shop for things you would like in return. All swapping is done on the honor system giving as much or more than you take in a way that feels fair to you. If you want to assure that you get fair value in return for the items you bring, you can shop first and swap second, taking out of the exchange the things that you want and returning by the close at 4pm with your items in trade.
Sunday – All day Rummage sale . Want more items than you have items to trade? Come in on Sunday to shop. Most items $1. Larger items priced to move. Last hour on Sunday, all items are free. Some of the clothes that remain at the end of Sunday will be made available to the homeless and near homeless through the Sunnyside Methodist Church building, delivered to Portland Public Schools clothing center and incorporated into the Swap Shop. Other items will be given to charitable organizations. If you have a favorite charity you like to provide with clothing or household goods, come gather what they may need the last half hour and at the end of the rummage sale.
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