Yard Sale

A group from Clarksburg Baptist Church organized and pulled off an awesome yard sale this weekend to raise money for the hurricane crisis in Haiti.  They had more response then they imagined and raised a total of $2,834!  Good job!  Thank you to everyone who donated items, everyone who ran the yard sale, and to everyone who bought items!

A message from Emily Hulme to everyone in the Clarksburg, WV area.

Hello all!

I know all of you have heard about the hurricane devastation in Haiti, and a lot of you saw the heart breaking pictures on the screen in church last Sunday. We as a church collected an amazing $3000 that morning, but we can’t stop there.

A lot of you who are reading this have been to Haiti, and when you hear about the awful things taking place there, a face of a certain orphan or friend pops in your head.  For me, I see my sponsor child, Kendy…and it makes it that much harder.

For those of you who haven’t been to Haiti, I know you’ve heard enough stories and have seen enough pictures to know that these people are amazing and are like family…..scratch that…ARE family.

So… here is where YOU come in.

There is a Haitian proverb that we quote over and over that says “With many hands, the load is not heavy.” And I think it’s relevant now, more than ever.  A few of us have decided to put together a yard sale and donate 100% of the money to help our friends in Haiti. But we need YOUR help. We are asking for your participation.  We all have junk in our house that we don’t need…. we all have toys and gadgets that we don’t play with… .we all have clothes that we don’t wear.  We all have too much stuff!  So what do you say we get rid of it and help the people that need it the most.

So… here is YOUR job. Go through your houses and forward this email to all your friends and ask everyone you can to help.  Let’s collect as much as we can for 2 weeks and get ready for this yard sale.  The plan as of right now is to have the yard sale the weekend of October 4.  We will let everyone know the location and the times ASAP.  But for right now, get together as much as you can and do your best to get it to me.  You can either contact me by this email or call my cell 669-3438.  If you have too much stuff and need someone to pick it up, Jarrod Marozzi has offered to do so.  You can email him atTally111@aol.com or call him at 629-4955.

This is a HUGE opportunity for us all to help out and make a difference, so I hope you all are interested in getting involved. Let’s see what we can do!

–Emily Hulme

“When we do nothing, we feel overwhelmed and powerless, but when we get involved, we feel a sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing we are working to make things better.” –Pauline R. Kezer