{"id":65865,"date":"2013-05-31T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T17:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=65865"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:08:59","slug":"clean-sweep-garage-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/31\/clean-sweep-garage-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention, L-A shoppers! Bates’ popular Clean Sweep sale returns June 15"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bargain<\/a>

Bargain hunters descend on Underhill Arena for Bate’s popular Clean Sweep sale.<\/p><\/div>\n

A “garage sale” on a massive scale that benefits the environment, community organizations and countless satisfied shoppers, Bates College’s Clean Sweep returns for the 13th year from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Underhill Arena, 145 Russell St.<\/p>\n

As students pack up to leave Bates at the end of the school year, they donate to Clean Sweep all kinds of still-valuable possessions — electronics and toys, household goods and small furnishings, bikes and books, sporting goods and more. Faculty, staff and the college itself also donate items.<\/p>\n

It’s a win-win-win-win situation: Shoppers find treasures at bargain prices, still-usable goods are kept out of the waste stream and the proceeds go to local nonprofits, who in turn supply volunteers to staff the sale.<\/p>\n

To learn more, please call 207-786-6207.<\/p>\n

Bates is one of a number of colleges and universities nationwide that hold such sales. Last year’s event at Bates raised a record $21,223 that was divided among 14 local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n

Located in Lewiston except as indicated, the nonprofits taking part this year are: the Caleb Group (River Valley Village); Catholic Charities of Maine’s Seek Elderly Alone, Renew Courage and Hope (SEARCH) Program; the Creative Trails Program at Support Solutions; the Dominican Sisters; First Universalist Church, Auburn;<\/p>\n

Also, the Justice, Ecology and Democracy Collective, Greene; the Life Center at John F. Murphy Homes, Auburn; Lots to Gardens; the Root Cellar; the Share Center, Auburn; Somali Bantu Community Association; TriCounty Mental Health Services and its Social Learning Center; and the Trinity Jubilee Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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