Children's Consignment Sale
A portion of all proceeds benefit the Kids Club After School Program
and Children's Ministries of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church
1. This consignment sale is being run by us as a way to raise money for the children's ministries of CHPC. We want to have a way to share our blessings with others, as well as provide an opportunity to those interested to clean out their closets, basements, and garages! (Or to fill them up!!)
2. The spring sale is Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 8:00am - 1:00pm at the Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church gymnasium. Drop off for the sale will be Friday, April 17th, 2009 from 8:00am - 5:00pm. All leftover items must be picked up by Saturday, April 18th at 2:30pm or they will be donated. There will be a pre-sale on Friday evening from 8:00-9:00pm. Only members of POPs and MOMS Club of Kingsport who have helped set-up or are signed up to work the sale on Saturday may attend the pre-sale.
3. There will be a $5.00 charge to all consignors (payment accepted at drop off) to go towards the cost of advertising and rental of clothing racks.
4. Sale is limited to children's (infant through teen) toys, furniture, and clothing. Maternity and nursing clothes/supplies are also acceptable. All clothing to be sold must be in "Like New" or "Gently Used" condition. (This means no stains, rips, tears, fraying, or major pilling.) Please no underwear for hygiene reasons.
5. NO RECALLED ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please check www.cpsc.gov for items that have been recalled.
6. As this is a benefit for CHPC children's ministries, a portion of each seller's proceeds will donated as follows:
~ Non-member (not a member of POPs or MOMS Club of Kingsport) consignors who drop off clothes and do not meet requirements for assistance with the sale will take home 60% of their profits (40% donated).
~ Non-member consignors who spend at least 2 shifts in helping with the set-up/running/clean-up of the sale will take home 65% of their profits and be invited to the presale (35% donated).
~ Member consignors who do not meet the requirements for assistance with the sale will take home 65% and be invited to the presale (35% donated).
~ Member consignors who do spend at least 2 shifts in helping with the set-up/running/clean-up of the sale will take home 70% and be invited to the presale (30% donated).
~ There will be an additional 10% in profits given to the individual who is voted "Most Valuable Volunteer" by the consignment sale committee.
7. A template for the clothing tags is provided. The sellers will then be able to fill in their code (First and Last initial followed by the last four digits of phone number) and have copies made on cardstock. (Office Depot has card stock and can make copies - they also have a larger cutter you can use to cut the tags.) The tags must also contain clothing size, brief description (ie. Yellow shirt) and price. All prices must be divisible by $0.25. The tags must be secured to the clothing by safety pins on the original clothing label in order to minimize accidental snagging or tears. Please do not allow any item to be in more than 2 sales without a significant price reduction or considering it as a donation to CHPC.
8. We are asking that all clothes be PRE-SORTED in grocery bags or separate bins by sizes (preemie, 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2T, 3T, 4T, etc.) to aid in set-up.
9. As mentioned above, we will have some clothing racks. Please have dresses or outfits desired to be on the racks to be on hangers which will likely not be returned. (Unfortunately we do not have enough racks to hang every item.)
10. Participants will have the opportunity to assist in advertising by distributing the approved flyers. The template for the flyer is available to all participants to copy for distribution.
11. Childcare will be available during the sale and clean up for those interested. The babysitters will be high school youth who are charging $3 per child/hour. Those using childcare must remain on the premises as there will be no other formal adult supervision. Sign up for childcare is requested by 4/10/09 to ensure adequate coverage.
12. We will be accepting the donation of small bottled waters and baked goods wrapped for individual sale for the children's ministries of CHPC as well.
13. There will be a "bargain" area of the sale for items priced $1.00 or less. Bargain items still may not be in poor condition, ripped, stained, etc.
Please contact us if you would like to be a consignor!