Sharlot Hall Museum volunteers Hildegard Sprenzel-Wacker, Evelyn Edwards and Ned Williams display items for the Museum's annual Yard Sale on September 13. Photo by Paul Ferrari

Donations needed for Yard Sale

Don’t toss it! The volunteers at Sharlot Hall Museum are looking for donations for the Museum’s annual Yard Sale on Saturday, September 13. Proceeds from the sale will help send volunteers to the biannual National Docent Symposium in October 2009.

Volunteer chairwoman Louise O’Neill says almost any item would be appreciated, including furniture, antiques and collectibles, working appliances, home décor and housewares, holiday decorations, musical instruments, garden and yard items, sporting goods, tools, records and CDs, books, jewelry and accessories, linens and bedding, and toys. “Although we’ll accept clean and gently used children’s clothing,” Louise adds, “we ask that you don’t bring adult apparel.”

Donations can be dropped off from 10am to 5pm Monday through Friday at the west doors of the Museum Center by the equipment shop. On Saturday and Sunday between noon and 4pm, items can be brought to the front desk of the Museum Center. Contributions will be accepted until September 12. Acknowledgments for donations will be available. The Sharlot Hall Museum is located at 415 W. Gurley Street, two blocks west of Courthouse Plaza.

Karen Churchill, Sharlot Hall Museum’s Volunteer Coordinator, urges the community to clean out “your garage, those drawers and closets, attics and sheds. Our volunteer corps is so dedicated and devoted to the Museum. We’d like for as many as possible to be able to attend the National Docent Symposium. What they learn and come away with makes them more knowledgeable and effective as volunteers and docents.”

For more information, please call Churchill at 445-3122, ext. 30, or email kchurchill@sharlot.org.