1 MORE SLEEP!!!

     This is it!! Garage Sale is tomorrow and all the stars are aligned!      

Here are some things that participants are saying about Garage Sale...

"It's an annual event for our family and we love continuing the traditions."

"My boys still have the comic books we got 15 years ago. Great find each year!!"

"Truly, there is a special moment every year."

"This is our first time, we just moved into the neighborhood in the fall - looking forward to it!"

                       The weather is with us 100%!!!

Everything is cleaned, shined, organized and ready to go!!!

 See everyone tomorrow!!!

2 MORE SLEEPS!!!

             The weather is still holding!! Yippee!!!🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞                  

There are some households doing some pretty exciting things on Saturday!!! Please see below to see where you should stop on your garage sale travels on Saturday...

           Name         Address                          Activity

           Michelle           521 & 523 Donlands Ave.        Arts & Crafts, featuring wire wrapped                                                                                                crystals & polished stones  

              Maryanne        66 Warland Ave.                         Paintings, new bar fridge, lawn                                                                                                             mower, krafts, baking, travel stuff     

              Ron                    56 Chilton Rd.                             Vinyl records, CD's & other thngs

              Swati                 25 Rivercourt Blvd.                     Lemonade & Chai Stand (2nd year)

              Joanna              143 O'Connor Dr.                        Freshly baked bread, rolls, & cheese                                                                                                   danish        

              Eric                    21 Stanhope Ave.                       Golf balls   

              Yasmin              31 & 33 Pepler Ave.                   Bake sale, including smoked salmon                                                                                                     scones, BBQ hot dogs and burgers 

             Cheryl                46 Pepler Ave.                            Large Ikea book shelf, planters

             Jen                     494 Donlands Ave.                     Cup Cakes

             The Legion        1083 Pape Ave.                          Bake Sale, garage sale, BBQ peameal                                                                                                  sammys in the am and dogs & burgers                                                                                                in the aft

            Paul Foots          15 O'Connor Dr.                         Lemonade Stand

            Kelly                    59 Hopedale Ave.                      Plants (cherry tomato, strawberry,                                                                                                      cucumber, monstera, etc.)

            Glenna               26 Rivercourt Blvd.                    Estate sale items - antique furniture

            Courtney           172 O'Connor Dr.                       Water bottles

 One of the things that is important on garage sale day is safety!   Below are some safety recommendations from 55 Division.

1.            Lock all doors as people get distracted easily.

2.            Purse and valuables should not be in plain view.

3.            Carry a fanny pack or something similar to carry your money.

4.            Do not accumulate large amounts of cash. Put excess cash in the house.

5.            Make sure you have enough people to assist you on the day of the sale.

6.            Greet people and make eye contact with them as they approach your sale. That                            makes them less likely to steal from you.

7.            Higher priced items should be closer to the house, not at the sidewalk.

8.            Don't accept large bills due to counterfeiting.

9.            Keep the buyer's bill out until you give them their change and then put the bill                              away. That way they can't say they gave you a 20 instead of a 10.

10.          Do not allow any strangers in the house for any reason.

11.          Put your garage sale package terms of sale notice up that says "cash only", "no                             returns" and "final sale"

    That is it for today Folks!!    

3 MORE SLEEPS!! (We decided to skip 4 more sleeps)

Weather is still looking great for Saturday! In fact, the entire weekend looks like a winner weather wise and that is really exciting!!!

Every year, some households donate their garage sale proceeds to charity. Thank you to everyone who is going to do that in 2024!!! Below is a list of the addresses and donation recipients this year. Please support their garage sale and help to donate to thier cause.

Name                      Address                                 Donating to

The Legion             1083 Pape Ave.                    The Legion, Branch #10

Jen                           494 Donlands Ave.              In Part to William Burgess Parent Council

Glenna                    26 Rivercourt Blvd.             St. Peter & St. Simon's Church

Karen & Joe           23 Warland Ave.                  Bethany Church Food Bank

Mari-Lou                36 Warland Ave.                  Our Lady of Fatima Church

Margaret                142 Hopedale Ave.             The Farley Foundation

Yasmin & Team     31 & 33 Pepler Ave.             Wellspring Cancer Support

Lynn & Team          65 Pepler Ave.                      The Salvation Army

There is a woman by the name of Yasmin and she lives at 31 Pepler Avenue. She is a baker and I mean...a baker. Every year, she puts on an amazing bake sale and BBQ with her entire family by her side every step of the way! Last year she raised over $1,000 for the Wellspring Cancer Support Centre. ****This year, she is introducing smoked salmon scones to her bake table**** Get there early so that you don't miss out! 

You can order ahead of time if you would like. Email yasminburt@hotmail.com

 

  Stay tuned for tomorrow!!!Stay

5 MORE SLEEPS!!

The Golden Triangle GIANT Garage Sale made it onto BlogTO!!!

Yes folks, that is correct! BlogTO thought that our community sale was newsworthy and posted this Saturday's event. Thank you @blogto!! (If I could have figured out how to put a link in the picture I would have done so...)                         

         

                   

Every year there are great stories that come out of the garage sale day. Jen from Donlands shared this story from garage sale 2023...

"A gentleman stopped by on his way to work last year and asked me to hold a few items for his daughter. He was a painter and his work truck was full and messy with all his painting supplies. We exchanged numbers and kept in touch during the day and he came back in the evening to pickup his items. We’ve communicated since and I have happily passed along items that my daughter has outgrown. He is a very nice person whom I otherwise would have likely never gotten the chance to meet."       

   What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing Jen!

Updated Weather Report...Let's Try The Weather Network Today!

Not as good as yesterday but if this forecast is accurate, we are going to have an awesome day!!!

That is it for today folks! Let's see what tomorrow brings!

6 MORE SLEEPS!

                                           GARAGE SALE DAY WEATHER!!!

This is always the most important aspect of putting on a successful garage sale no matter where it is. If the weather cooperates, then  the day is usually a resounding success.

Fortunately for us, things are looking pretty good for this Saturday. Check out the forecast...

GREAT GARAGE SALE TIP FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBOURS!!! 

"Please bring your own shopping bags or backpacks  to carry your purchases since most of us no longer have plastic bags to give out and you know how cumbersome it can be to walk around for hours juggling what you may buy."

The Golden Triangle GIANT Garage Sale is Back!!!

 

The 25th Annual Golden Triangle GIANT Garage Sale is Coming Up!

Saturday, June 1st, 2024

      This is our group shot from last year. What a happy bunch!!         

REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE! 

 

SUCCESS!!!!!

 The Golden Triangle Garage Sale was a Resounding

 Success Yesterday!

There was a professional photography crew onsite yesterday. They took some outstanding pictures and will produce a fantastic video. The photos will be sent to us in the next few days and the video will take a bit more time.

Stay tuned for the follow-up!!!

In the meantime. a big THANK YOU to the sign crew!!! Joe from Warland, Matt from Pape and my very own Peter from Pepler worked hard to make sure the signs were up in a timely way, in the right locations and taken down swiftly after the sale!!! It is a big job and we thank them for that!

The Garage Sale Sign Crew

Many Vendors donated their proceeds to different organizations!

Here are some of the recipients...

• Alzheimer's
• Hospital for Sick Kids
• Wellspring Cancer Support
• Bethany Church Food Bank
• The Legion
• Centennial Infant and Child Centre

Special mention to Yasmin of Pepler who is celebrating 25 years of being cancer free. She has held a bake sale for the past 20 years at the annual garage sale. Every year, she donates all of her sales earnings to Wellspring!

This year, Yasmin raised $1602.50 for Wellspring!!! 

Way to go Yasmin!!!

Keep a watch out this week for the awesome pictures and video. Reach out with any questions.

lynn@thelynngroup.ca

416-230-5800

Lynn, Vanessa & Team 

Golden Triangle GIANT Garage Sale is Tomorrow!!!!

The much-anticipated GIANT Garage Sale is almost here!

***The Salvation Army has an URGENT need for clothing. Even if you are not participating in the sale, any donations would be greatly appreciated***

Click on the link below to see where the Vendors will be tomorrow!

Golden Triangle GIANT Garage Sale Participants

How is that for a weather forecast??? Yippee!!!

Have a fantastic Sale! We will be around with a camera crew to say hello and capture garage sale action.

We hope to see you tomorrow!

Lynn & Team

 Golden Triangle Garage Sale 24th Annual Sale!!!

One of my favourite Garage Sale Pictures!!

The annual Golden Triangle Garage Sale is back and bigger and better than ever! There are a record number of participants signed up and we have given out more garage sale packages than usual!! this is all great news!!

If you would like to participate, the instructions are here for you. If you would like to shop, check out the time and streets and we looked forward to seeing you!!

There will be more information to follow! Reach out with any questions and let us know what special things you are doing this year and/or who you might be supporting!!

Lynn Marie Robinson & Team

CONGRATULATIONS!!! What a fantastic Day!

 Hello Folks,

What an awesome day yesterday! This was definitely one of the best garage sales yet! The weather was perfect. There were tons of participants and shoppers and you filled the entire Salvation Army truck with 13 skids of donations! Congratulations!!!

Salvation Army truck full of donations

MIke and Isiah Helping to fill the truck

Some of you may have noticed that we had our own paparazzi yesterday. We are having a video made and will have loads of pictures this week coming.

Stay tuned for lots of pictures and a cool video!!!

Please share any great stories you may have from yesterday. Everyone loves to hear the stories.

Lynn & Vanessa

LESS THAN 14 HOURS UNTIL GARAGE SALE!!!

Hello Folks,

This is so exciting! The weather is going to be perfect! Everyone is excited and we have less than one day until the sale begins. 

Note:

21 Hopedale will be hosting a lemonade stand & will have some food. The proceeds from their sale will be going to waterfirst.ngo to support water education in indigenous communities.

There will be a few lemonade stands in the neighbourhood so keep your eyes peeled!

****If anything needs to be communicated with regards to the garage sale over the next 24 hours, it will be done here through the blog.

****Have a great sale! See you on the other side!

Lynn & Vanessa

Proceeds Go To The Dara Farm Sanctuary

Eve & Kerly from Vegan Very Much will be holding a fundraiser sale at the Hidden Gemm Variety on Saturday as part of the Golden Triangle Garage Sale. They are located at 1223 Broadview Avenue at Torrens Avenue. Here is their story...

Hello neighbours! We are a little vegan hobby business called Vegan Very
Much with open hearts to support our community through fundraiser bake
sales. In order to make more money so we can make a more sizeable
donation to our favourite charity Dara Farm Sanctuary, we decided to
continue the sales and opened an online fundraising store at
https://veganverymuch.com/fundraiser/?post_type=product Please note,
that the items at the shop have set prices, but you are more than
welcome to add a little extra. Remember, it all goes to charity and your
contribution helps to feed and heal the many happy animals who are
blessed to live at Dara sanctuary.

On this Saturday, June 4th, 2021 from 8 AM TO 2 PM, we will participate
in The Golden Triangle Garage Sale. It is our second community
fundraiser! We had one during the snowiest day in 2021 - the 18th of
December. The streets were pretty empty as we set up, our merchandise
packed away to prevent damage. That week we received a donation from a
lovely vegan family via NextDoor. The owner of the corner store Hidden
Gemm came out to give us donations that a kind customer had left for our
fundraiser sale. After freezing a little in the snow, several others who
saw our posters came to support us by buying something or simply
donating.

We hope it will be much better this time. Donations are welcome and you
can drop them off at the Hidden Gemm variety.
We are offering in addition to what you can see on the website, lots and
lots more: earrings, household items, make-up, personal hygiene
products, etc. and of course some of our own non-baked food items.

Our Golden Triangle Garage Sale community fundraiser’s proceeds will go
to Dara Farms Animal Sanctuary. As ethical vegans, we support the
liberation of animals. We are inspired by the work that Dara Farms does
right in our province (Ontario). We will add 100% of the proceeds to the
previous funds from the yard sale and our Vegan Very Much Fundraiser
bakesale generated in the summer of 2021 when we launched our website!

Visit the fundraiser shop and order what you need! Or order something
delicious from the Vegan Very Much Shop: www.veganverymuch.com/shop/shop
and be part of something bigger even when you’re done munching. Choose
an item from our baked goods shop marked as a fundraiser item and 50% of
the proceed goes to support our favourite animal sanctuary.

By the way, we will have the banana chips on sale at a great price,
lemonade and wonderful date bites will be available as well.

Eat well, do good.

VVM

Only 2 Days To Garage Sale And The Weather Looks Awesome!!!

Check out the weather forecast for Saturday! It looks like the weather will be ideal! That is all very exciting!

SAFETY FIRST - Just a little reminder to be safe during your garage sale and take care of yourselves and your helpers. Here are a few guidelines given to me by the local police station;

1. Lock all doors as people get distracted easily
2. Purse and valuables should not be in plain view.
3. Carry a fanny pack or something to keep your money in
4. Put excess cash in the house
5. Lots of helpers
6. Don't accept large bills due to counterfeiting
7. Higher priced items closer to the house, not at the edge of the sidewalk
8. Make eye contact with your shoppers. They will be less likely to steal
9. Keep the buyer's bill out until you make change and then put the bill away
10. Do not allow strangers in the house

One more thing...check out our interactive Google map for the people who registered their sale. It is very cool.

Golden Triangle Garage Sale Interactive Map

The Salvation Army Will Gladly Take Your Leftovers!!

A Salvation Army truck will arrive at 65 Pepler Avenue on garage sale day at 1:30 pm and will stay until 4:00 pm. Please bring your leftovers to donate!

Donations Accepted

• ACCESSORIES

• ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

• CLOTHING

• COMPUTERS

• ELECTRONICS

• HOUSEWARES

• MEDIA & BOOKS

• SEASONAL ITEMS

• TEXTILES

• TOYS

There are some items they are unable to accept due to sanitary and health and safety concerns. These include; used mattresses and box springs, sofa beds, used wall-to-wall carpets, hazardous materials (e.g. paints), propane tanks, barbecues, infant equipment (e.g. car seats, cribs and strollers), tires and auto parts.