Mark your calendars for the best garage sale of the summer: our neighbourhood garage sale supporting the Gherkins, aka the Gordon Head Refugee Sponsorship Community Group (GHRSCG) – all proceeds to be used to bring a refugee family to Victoria.
Saturday August 24th, 9 am to noon(ish) at 1553 and 1557 Granada Crescent AND we added Sunday August 25, from noon to 3pm.
We will be rounding up wonderful items of all kinds from our supporters – kitchen gadgets, books, board games, and MORE!
PLUS by popular demand we will be offering delicious Syrian snacks (Saturday only)!
Mugs galorebeautiful boxed set of chopstickswooden salad bowl with silver salad servicejewelry box (and jewelry)we’ve got pursesChristmas is earlyold school light metermadeleine panWho doesn’t love this blazer? lots of clothes – silk, sequins, stylin!garden tools, wine racks, and wine glasses too
Thank you to everyone who came to our big garage sale — we raised $2,600 in sales, food sales, and donations. We are especially thankful to the many who donated items, those who made food, the neighbours who hosted a sale at the same time to boost the event, and everyone who came out to volunteer. We had a blast, and we think everyone who came by had a great time too!
We have kitchen items, books, gadgets, sports items, and so many awesome board games and MORE. PLUS sweet and savory snacks for sale! All proceeds at 1553 and 1557 Granada sale go to refugee sponsorship.
The fundraiser sale is joined by **five additional houses** on Granada Cr who are holding sales at the same time to help us make this a high traffic event!
Check out the photos below… this is just a taste of what we have on sale!
Thanks Victoria and Joni for your work editing this beautiful video!
Shout out to the translators who made sure the tshirts are correct: Joe Seward (Lekwungen), Marie Chemel-Lefebvre (French), Montaser Aljundy (Arabic), Rachel Yuen and Linda Yang (Chinese).
The t-shirt features Dr. Henry’s “Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe” motto in English, Lekwungen, French, Chinese and Arabic. We believe Dr. Henry’s motto reflects a strong belief in the value and importance of care and compassion for our fellow humans.
This striking design has been generously developed and donated to us by Noah Crowder, a student in the Pacific Design Academy in Victoria. To see more of Noah’s work please go to his website: noahcrowderdesigns.com
We also would like to offer thanks to the volunteers who ensured our translations were accurate: Joe Seward (Lekwungen), Marie Chemel-Lefebvre (French), Montaser Aljundy (Arabic), Rachel Yuen and Linda Yang (Chinese).
Price, fabric, sizes We print on demand so offer a range of size options from toddler to 3XL. Shirt size details are here.
Regular shirts are $25.
For $35 you can have an eco-friendly shirt of 100% North American cotton, ethically grown, and then woven, cut and produced all in Canada.
Totes are $20 and are made of heavy (12 oz) cotton canvas.
Printing is done locally–thanks MegaScreen for the discount to support us!
Promotional cards printed with a generous discount from Island Blue Print.
Delivery and pick up options
Shirts must be pre-ordered and can be picked up when ready at our “pick up days”, or you can chose to pay a bit extra to have a volunteer drop it at your Greater Victoria home. Outside Victoria? Watch this space or contact through the order site.
Thank you once again to Freeman Audio Visual for their donation of sound equipment!
A special thank you to the Holy Cross Parish who donated $5,000 to our sponsorship at the event, and whose parishioners filled several tables at the event! In addition to this generous donation, the event raised $6500.
With this deposit of 11,500 we are now half way to our fundraising goal for our next sponsorship!
On July 6, our Giant Gordon Head Garage Sale raised $1900 selling used goods and delightful snacks!
Three Gherkins hosted the event on Granada Cr., and five neighbours joined in with their own sale to make it an massive event and much bigger draw to the garage sale crowd.
We probably had the best snack sales of any neighbourhood sale — with Syrian treats provided by Hanaa and Mahmoud, Chinese noodles from Linda, and cookies for those with a sweet tooth!
Here are some photos from a busy, exhausting and exciting day (plus one from the day before!)
