By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Shelly Emerick, church relations team member for the Greater Quad Cities Iowa-Illinois Area Team of Operation Christmas Child, begins to sort items that have been donated for the Church-Wide Garage Sale and Silent Auction planned to raise funds to cover shipping costs for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.
The garage sale will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3; from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4; and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the South Campus building of First Methodist Church, 302 North State St., Geneseo.
All household items in good condition will be accepted for the sale, excluding cribs and car seats, Encyclopedias, Halloween decorations, house paint, large appliances, large exercise equipment, mattresses, old computer monitors and tube-style TV’s.
Donations of items for the sale should be dropped off at the rear door of the South Campus building during: Saturday, Sept. 28, 5 to 6 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 29, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Monday, Sept. 30 -10 a.m. to 12 noon; and Tuesday - Oct. 1, 4 to 6 p.m.
Volunteers are needed and can sign up at the Information Center at the church to help with: setting up and taking down tables, receiving donations and assisting in hosting the sale.
According to Emerick, the sale is being held to help with shipping costs of the OCC shoeboxes, and she said, “The cost to mail each shoebox is $10. Our goal for the number of shoeboxes to pack this year is $1,200, so we are hoping to raise $12,000 at the upcoming garage sale.”