Our PTO is looking to do a community yard sale/ craft fair. Thanks for all your posts we appear to be right on target, yard sale with crafters and vendors, we are pairing it with a local Recreation Committee event.. So thanks this is a new event for us and we hope it will be successful.
I am a bit concerned about what non school family members may sell and wonder if anyone has examples of guidelines for selling - what items are restricted, maybe a disclaimer that we reserve the right to ask a seller to leave if their goods are inappropriate for such a family event, restriction on unreasonable costs (such as the post about the vendors)...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.. THANK YOU.
:)Does anyone have a copy of a Community Yard sale flyer? Also we want to rent out spaces for the community to participate, if you've done this before did you have a seperate "contract" with the rules? Any help would be appreciated.
We had a sale like this about 10 or 12 years ago, but one of our district parent liaisons tossed out all the old records without asking. :eek: Now we need to reinvent everything.
Found it! The link to the flyer is now inactive. Send an e-mail to me if you'd like a copy of the flyer. (don't forget to run this past your school district legal eagles)
Our PTC offered our 2nd "children's sale" again this year with rave reviews. We sell only child related items (sports equipment, toys, clothes, etc.) Each seller is given a "vendor" number and pre-made tags to mark their items. The vendors bring their items to the school the night before our sale and we sort it by size, type of items, etc. The tags are perforated so the cashiers can tear off the side of the tag with the vendor number and price. At the end of the sale, the vendor tags are added up, we take 30% of their profit and they pick up their unsold items. If the vendor doesn't pick up their unsold items, we donate them to a local shelter. It is a win/win situation because the vendor really want to sell their stuff so they are coming to us to be included and we get 30% of their profit and good recognition for our organization. We had people coming from 50 miles away this year to shop because they said it was so well organized and they didn't have to sort through the typical garage sale junk of old dishes, etc.
Next year, I would like to put a stage amidst the sellers and have live entertainment. Possibly the high school jazz group, or a local folk band.
We have our sale during a community event (for us, it's Little League opening day). You could have it in the summer during some city festival week, but getting volunteers may be tricky.
