[Namron] Yard sale to benefit our tornado-affected populace

[Cynthia Teague]

Would everyone who is coming over today bring whatever paper grocery bags
you have available?  Let's have a bag sale at noon or 1 p.m. to cut down on
what we need to haul away.

Vigdis


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Monica <mrsjacq at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just want to say way to go you guys! What a great thing you guys are
> doing.
> On Jun 14, 2013 8:01 PM, "Cynthia Teague" <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is an update on the progress of the yard sale after the first day.
>> It was quite successful -- we sold a lot and have raised several hundred
>> dollars so far.  Here's hoping that tomorrow will be even better!
>>
>> We have lots of clothes left but are running a little low on everything
>> else, so if you have a chance to sort out a few things and bring them by,
>> that would be wonderful.  (Address again is 1708 Pembroke, just north and
>> west of Robinson & 36th in NW Norman.)
>>
>> It would also be very very helpful if anyone had another popup or two
>> that we could borrow.  We used the one that Baron Orlando brought over to
>> cover several of the tables during the heat of the day, and I think that
>> really made a difference in people's willingness to stop.
>>
>> We are going to try to be a little flashy tomorrow, to help people decide
>> to stop and take a look.  Danr is going to set up our Viking a-frame.  I
>> will be wearing garb and spinning (although the garb and the wheel won't
>> match).  Bo may be able to come and demonstrate leatherworking.  So feel
>> free to come and be part of the attention-grabbing.  We do have a nice
>> shade tree to sit under.  The sale will run from 8-2 again, with setup
>> starting at 7:30.  We were able to just walk the loaded tables into our
>> garage although there is NO ROOM at all to spare, so setup should go faster
>> than it did this morning.
>>
>> People were very interested in the reason behind the sale, and we heard
>> lots of tornado stories.  Valena got us pictures of Loemax's and Koke's
>> houses to put on the donation jar and they were quite the conversation
>> starters.  We are really hoping that tomorrow will be another good day.
>>
>> In service,
>> Vigdis
>> 360-3007 (home) or 474-3007 (cell)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Wolfgang, I'm sorry I never followed up on this message. I don't think
>>> we have the variety of items nor the level of staffing to benefit from the
>>> ticket books. But thank you for looking into this.
>>>
>>> Vigdis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, June 7, 2013, JOHN KELLER wrote:
>>>
>>>> To make for a more professional sale, especially since it is a benefit
>>>> you may want to consider a ticket system where items are written up on
>>>> tickets (available from Copeland's) and cashed out at a central cashier who
>>>> is set up at the entrance-exit.  This will also provide hard records to
>>>> document what was sold and exact income.  Each salesperson has a ticket
>>>> book on a clipboard (makes it easier to write) and when the customer cashes
>>>> out, they keep the yellow copy and the top copy goes in the box.  Vigdis if
>>>> you want to pursue this get hold of me and I will show you the "standard"
>>>> way we write tickets at Estate Sales.
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   ------------------------------
>>>>  *From:* Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com>
>>>> *To:* Barony of Namron Mailing List <namron at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2013 12:41 PM
>>>> *Subject:* [Namron] Yard sale to benefit our tornado-affected populace
>>>>
>>>> Last night at populace meeting we discussed having a yard sale to
>>>> benefit our tornado affected members.  The response was enthusiastic so we
>>>> are going to go ahead with this.
>>>>
>>>
>>
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