Community Garage Sale

Our Community Garage Sale and Carnival on Nov. 7th was a huge success. Here is the story:

We were blessed to have the community get involved and donate so many items.

• Bethel Lutheran Church - Dallas
• Buckner Terrace Homeowners Association
• Crown of Life Lutheran Church - Colleyville
• Ferguson Road Initiative
• Hillview Terrace Neighborhood Association
• Lamb of God Lutheran Church - Flower Mound
• Prince of Peace Lutheran Church - Carrollton
• S.S. Conner Elementary School
• St. Paul Lutheran Church - Plano
• Truett Crime Watch
• White Rock Hills Crime Watch
• White Rock Village Crime Watch
• Zion Lutheran Church - Dallas
• And many others...

Folks from these churches and organizations gave items and/or their time to help out. We couldn't have done it without them!

We literally had so many donations that we filled five classrooms of clothes, kitchen supplies, furniture, house decorations, and electronics. We spent most of the day Thursday and Friday organizing and pricing all the donations. It was so nice to get last minute help from the Truett Crime Watch group sorting Friday morning. We had a couple families from the neighborhood come and help quite a bit too!

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day. We weren't too sure when we started at 5:30am in the cold and fog. It was great having people, not just from the fire, but also from the immediate neighborhood come by and get some really amazing deals.

We had clothes of all sizes, jackets, shoes, toys, tvs, beds, lamps, desks, plates and cups... you name it, we had it! We also had games for the kids to play and prizes to be won! Some youth from Prince of Peace came and spent their Saturday painting faces and jumping in the bounce house with our neighborhood kids. We sold hamburgers, hotdogs, chips and baked goods. We made quite a day of it.

Overall, it was an amazing day! We were able to make over $1800 for the families who lost their belongings in the Millennium Pointe Apartment fire. There will be a meeting soon to gather everyone to discuss the distribution of the collected funds. It has been such a testament of God's love to see neighbors and non-neighbors care for one another!