Yard Sale 101

     One the Monday and Tuesday before Christmas, working alongside the Jr. Council and JACOM, we helped to facilitate a yard sale in Accompong.

JACOM shipped down roughly 2000 pounds of clothes, school supplies, books, and other miscellaneous items contained in two very large ‘crates’. After a long and epic journey, those crates reached Accompong in the beginning of December.

      Bringing down clothing and school supplies has been one of the many things that JACOM has done in Accompong over the past several years. Of course all these items are donated by the lovely people of Minnesota, and JACOM has done their best in trying to distribute then in a fair way to those who need them. In the past, everything has been given away freely, and local politics, among some other reasons, contributed to some glitches in this distribution process.

     So after all of us putting our heads together, we decided to do a Yard Sale, to be held at the community center, facilitated by us and the Jr. Council…….AND after some anxiety, stress, and frustration, we’re happy to report that the Yard Sale was a success!! Of course, we ‘vexed’ a few people along the way -which is unavoidable in Accompong Town. We also had…how should we say… a mixture of dishonesty and craftiness created by a handful of people who’s own self-perceived need surpassed the amount of the item in question. This manifested itself in people throwing items out the window, stuffing clothes in their bra, putting on clothes and walking out with them, and completely switching out an item for the one they came in with, like say… a pair of shoes for example. And those were just the incidents we caught. –This is also somewhat unavoidable in Accompong Town.


      Overall locals seemed to enjoy the experience. It was a cool thing to happen in their community right before Christmas, some people came ‘dressed to the nines’, as if they were going out on Rodeo Dr. for the day, while others just came to hang out at the local community event. The prices were affordable, but high enough to create some accountability. AND all proceeds are going back into the community through the Jr. Council and JACOM’s scholarship fund.