| A great way for your church group or youth group | | | | have members of your congregation hand out flyers |
| to make money is by having a bazaar or rummage | | | | near the rummage sale on the day before and day |
| sale. The difference between a mundane sale and | | | | of the event, perhaps at a market nearby, that will |
| one with pizzazz that makes more money for your | | | | encourage attendance. |
| group can be summed up with a few easy tips. | | | | |
| Location, location, location. | | | | Organize merchandise in an appealing way. |
| When planning your rummage sale, pick a good | | | | Separate clothes and hang them when possible by |
| location where you will get attendance from more | | | | size, gender and color or season. Make your visitors |
| than just your members - if the weather is good, | | | | feel like they are in a store so that they spend like |
| find an outdoor location that is visible from the | | | | they are in a store. Get volunteers from your group |
| street. Some ideas are school basketball courts, | | | | to maintain an organized "storefront". Have |
| playgrounds, dance school parking lots, medical office | | | | departments, organized by room so that people who |
| parking lots. Most of these are not in use on the | | | | are looking for dishes can come straight to the |
| weekend and with permission from the owner, can | | | | kitchen section and find what they want. |
| be great venues for your rummage sale. If it's rainy | | | | Offer great bargains! |
| or very cold or hot weather, have your rummage | | | | Your goal is to sell everything at your rummage sale. |
| sale indoors but at a location people of different | | | | Work with buyers so they feel they are getting a |
| faiths and creeds will feel comfortable coming to. | | | | great deal and remind them that they are supporting |
| Advertise! | | | | your great cause. |
| It is crucial that your group members spend their | | | | If you present the goods in an appealing way, offer |
| efforts leading up to the event to spreading the | | | | great deals, pick a good location and most of all - |
| word. This can be through posted flyers, door to | | | | REALLY get the word out, your rummage sale can |
| door flyers, emails, calls to friends and family - | | | | be a fantastic way to make tons of money for your |
| whatever it takes to get the word out. If you can | | | | church or youth group. |