{"id":95174,"date":"2015-06-04T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T17:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=95174"},"modified":"2016-02-02T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:53:18","slug":"calling-all-bargain-hunters-clean-sweep-returns-for-15th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/04\/calling-all-bargain-hunters-clean-sweep-returns-for-15th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all bargain-hunters: Clean Sweep returns June 20 for 15th year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fun begins during the 2014 Clean Sweep “garage sale” at Bates. (Alexander Hulse ’15\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

A “garage sale” on a massive scale that benefits the environment, community organizations and countless satisfied shoppers, Bates College presents its 15th annual Clean Sweep at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at the 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 possessions still in good working order — clothing, 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 207-786-6464.<\/p>\n

Bates is one of a number of colleges and universities nationwide that hold such sales. Last year’s event at Bates raised nearly $22,000, which was divided among 12 local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n

The volunteers collect, organize and price items, and help clean up afterward. Located in Lewiston except as indicated, the nonprofits taking part this year are:<\/p>\n

The Caleb Group (River Valley Village); Catholic Charities of Maine’s Seek Elderly Alone, Renew Courage and Hope (SEARCH) Program; Maine Franco-American Genealogy Society of Auburn-Lewiston, located in Auburn; the Life Center at John F. Murphy Homes, Auburn; the Lots to Gardens program at St. Mary’s Nutrition Center; the Share Center, Auburn; TriCounty Mental Health Services and its Social Learning Center; and the Trinity Jubilee Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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