ellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of thesAs the parent of two school-aged children, it seems like every other day I get requests for contributions for art supplies, computer supplies, pencils and paper, ink cartridges, raffles, special events, teacher appreciation, club uniforms or church donations for the poor. The list goes on and on.

If you gave every time you were asked, you are either rich, or are embarrassed to say NO! There must be a better way to raise small amounts of funds for these kinds of requests. Well there is another alternative, Garage Sales.

Everyone has items stacked up in their garages, attics and closets that they no longer use or want. These items can be sold at a garage sale usually with a minimum of effort. Some or all of the proceeds of these sales can then be contributed to the causes mentioned above.

Garage sales are fairly common across the country. In addition to individuals, many homeowner associations, apartment buildings and even small businesses periodically hold garage sales. The problem that most people have with garage sales is getting people to show up for them. The sellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of thesst goes on and on.

If you gave every time you were asked, you are either rich, or are embarrassed to say NO! There must be a better way to raise small amounts of funds for these kinds of requests. Well there is another alternative, Garage Sales.

Everyone has items stacked up in their garages, attics and closets that they no longer use or want. These items can be sold at a garage sale usually with a minimum of effort. Some or all of the proceeds of these sales can then be contributed to the causes mentioned above.

Garage sales are fairly common across the country. In addition to individuals, many homeowner associations, apartment buildings and even small businesses periodically hold garage sales. The problem that most people have with garage sales is getting people to show up for them. The sellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of thess items stacked up in their garages, attics and closets that they no longer use or want. These items can be sold at a garage sale usually with a minimum of effort. Some or all of the proceeds of these sales can then be contributed to the causes mentioned above.

Garage sales are fairly common across the country. In addition to individuals, many homeowner associations, apartment buildings and even small businesses periodically hold garage sales. The problem that most people have with garage sales is getting people to show up for them. The sellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of these sales are fairly common across the country. In addition to individuals, many homeowner associations, apartment buildings and even small businesses periodically hold garage sales. The problem that most people have with garage sales is getting people to show up for them. The sellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of thesellers must usually promote their garage sales in the newspaper, community papers or newsletters. For this they usually have to pay listing fee, sometimes costing $30 or more. There are now many Internet sites that will allow sellers to list their sales or items. Most of these are free to register and allow the seller to list several items in a classified ad format. These sites are mainly focused on selling single items.

What if there was a way to list your garage sale and as many items as you wanted on a website for a small flat fee. The fee is less than the cost of a typical ad in a publication. And what if your school, club or other organization that needs to raise funds could split these flat fees. The group wanting to raise funds could promote the idea to their members or friends to hold their own garage sales and list all their items on the website using a special promotion code. The website would then track all the listings and split the earnings with the organizers. This benefits everyone who participates. Those holding a garage sale sell their items to local shoppers and Internet shoppers and keep all the proceeds. The organizer gets their share of all the website listing fees. This is what we call a win-win situation.

Let's say that a fifth grade teacher needs art supplies for her fifth grade classes, but the school budget for art supp