Let’s Hear it for the UWF Rummage Sale Hip Hip Hooray
After a four-year absence and month and months of planning, and weeks and weeks of preparation, followed by three solid days of collecting peoples used and abused goods, the United Women of Faith put together their fundraising RUMMAGE SALE on June 10. Yay! Hip-hip-hooray! And was it ever a welcomed community event.
The people poured into our filled parking lot like an ever-flowing river and scooped up cloths, toys, books, and electronics at unbelievable prices…just pennies on the dollar. The outpouring was incredible. The fundraiser was a huge success.
The sale itself including the presale held about a month prior garnered around $7,000 net for UWF mission work. “That’s better than we’ve ever done,” Mary Horio, UWF President, commented. Perhaps it was the long hiatus between sales or maybe it was the Treasures sale a month earlier that augmented this fundraising effort. You have to know the “White Elephant Sale” room which housed the better, nicer items …Japanese dishes and dolls, China, crystal bowls, platters and plates along with professionally boxed costume jewelry made a little more than the actual rummage sale in the parking lot, but then again, one was pure class and the other shear volume of cheap 25 cent to five-dollar stuff. But the community from all walks of life bought, and they were well- pleased. There were comments like: “This is so well organized.” “We’ve missed you,” and “We’ll be back again next year!” That was music to our ears and very encouraging.
This event was a labor of love and it took the village to accomplish the focused and totally intense task at hand. God blessed us with leadership and the good fortune to have Terri Koike as chair, Bev Acuna as co-Chair, Judy Yasutake and Jeanne Katsuro, as leaders of the White Elephant sales, who gave their time, talent, and service for this call to action. I know they were exhausted when it was finally over.
As I noted, it takes a village, but I have to say the village likes working this event. It brings us together under God’s guidance in outreach. And as workers under direction, we make very good servants in task-oriented jobs. And what did the leaders do in return? They fed the us, the workforce lunches and dinners on the pre-sale days, for all who sorted, prices, re-boxed sale items and stored them in every nook and cranny around the church in preparation. We thank Lynn Tabuchi for providing the Rummage Day sale lunch. I have to say, the we may have gotten tired, dirty, and sneezed a lot in the dust-filled Fellowship Hall, but we were always well fed.
I also have to say our leaders all did that thankless and exhausting part constantly giving direction and dealing with calamities and crises and there are always a lot them. I applaud them and their tireless work because what was accomplished reached the heart and soul of what God wants us to be and do for the people of the world.. Indeed, it’s not to MAKE money. It’s to provide an outreach service to a community in need, a community that suffered economic decline especially during all those COVID years.
As a cashier, I saw one couple at the head of the line run in when we opened and scoop up piles and piles of men’s jeans in one fell swoop. I personally wasn't happy about them “hogging” the merch.” But later, she was in my check-out station and I asked what she was going to do with her booty, and she replied that she’s sending it to families in Mexico who were in need. Yes, I thought, Jesus sent us to act as His servants.
The people poured into our filled parking lot like an ever-flowing river and scooped up cloths, toys, books, and electronics at unbelievable prices…just pennies on the dollar. The outpouring was incredible. The fundraiser was a huge success.
The sale itself including the presale held about a month prior garnered around $7,000 net for UWF mission work. “That’s better than we’ve ever done,” Mary Horio, UWF President, commented. Perhaps it was the long hiatus between sales or maybe it was the Treasures sale a month earlier that augmented this fundraising effort. You have to know the “White Elephant Sale” room which housed the better, nicer items …Japanese dishes and dolls, China, crystal bowls, platters and plates along with professionally boxed costume jewelry made a little more than the actual rummage sale in the parking lot, but then again, one was pure class and the other shear volume of cheap 25 cent to five-dollar stuff. But the community from all walks of life bought, and they were well- pleased. There were comments like: “This is so well organized.” “We’ve missed you,” and “We’ll be back again next year!” That was music to our ears and very encouraging.
This event was a labor of love and it took the village to accomplish the focused and totally intense task at hand. God blessed us with leadership and the good fortune to have Terri Koike as chair, Bev Acuna as co-Chair, Judy Yasutake and Jeanne Katsuro, as leaders of the White Elephant sales, who gave their time, talent, and service for this call to action. I know they were exhausted when it was finally over.
As I noted, it takes a village, but I have to say the village likes working this event. It brings us together under God’s guidance in outreach. And as workers under direction, we make very good servants in task-oriented jobs. And what did the leaders do in return? They fed the us, the workforce lunches and dinners on the pre-sale days, for all who sorted, prices, re-boxed sale items and stored them in every nook and cranny around the church in preparation. We thank Lynn Tabuchi for providing the Rummage Day sale lunch. I have to say, the we may have gotten tired, dirty, and sneezed a lot in the dust-filled Fellowship Hall, but we were always well fed.
I also have to say our leaders all did that thankless and exhausting part constantly giving direction and dealing with calamities and crises and there are always a lot them. I applaud them and their tireless work because what was accomplished reached the heart and soul of what God wants us to be and do for the people of the world.. Indeed, it’s not to MAKE money. It’s to provide an outreach service to a community in need, a community that suffered economic decline especially during all those COVID years.
As a cashier, I saw one couple at the head of the line run in when we opened and scoop up piles and piles of men’s jeans in one fell swoop. I personally wasn't happy about them “hogging” the merch.” But later, she was in my check-out station and I asked what she was going to do with her booty, and she replied that she’s sending it to families in Mexico who were in need. Yes, I thought, Jesus sent us to act as His servants.
Posted in Newsletter 2023-06-15