Moss Hill Ruritans make donations
James Goff Jr. of the Sandy Bottom Volunteer Fire Department and Jerry Sutton of the Seven Springs Volunteer Fire Department accepted 15 Rudy Bears each on Aug. 1 from members of the Moss Hill Ruritan Club at the Moss Hill Ruritan Community Building.
The Club also donated school supplies to Moss Hill Elementary School.
Principal Susan Glover accepted the donations to the school.
Plan a D.C. trip
The Lenoir County Council on Aging will be coordinating a trip for seniors in Lenoir County, 50 years of age or older, to Charleston, S.C., in December.
The three-day, two-night trip will include travel, most meals and tours of the festival of lights, historic downtown and the Nathaniel Russell House. Cost of these accommodations starts at $299 per person.
For more information on this travel opportunity, contact Jean Best at 252-527-1545, ext. 221, or jb.lccoa@suddenlinkmail.com.
Learn about Jobs for Life
Kinston Women of Vision has issued an invitation to learn together, act together and give together to help women and children in poverty around the world and in this community.
Join women from many different church communities at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Spilman Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 601 Madison Ave., to learn about Jobs for Life.
For more information, contact Carol Irvin at carolirvin10@gmail.com or 252-559-8863.
Home Solutions: Make the most of your clutter
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to mobilize your family to clean out the clutter, a garage sale will get them in action! A garage sale is a great way to get rid of unwanted stuff, and with summer almost over, you probably have a very clear idea of the garden tools, summer toys, lawn chairs and the like that you will not be using again. Consider these suggestions.
Check the regulations in your area for having a garage sale. In some areas, there may be restrictions on where you can post signs and distribute flyers. Some areas require a permit.
Explore all the ways to promote your sale. Post flyers on bulletins boards in supermarkets and other public places; advertise in venues like the local newspaper (online and print editions) and on craigslist; and promote it at online sites like garagesalefinder.com.
Dust off, hose off or wash the items that you plan to sell. Ask yourself, “Would I buy this?” Clean items are much more appealing to prospective buyers.
Go through the pockets of clothing so you don’t unwittingly sell an unknown “bonus.”
People love multifamily garage sales, so see if you can rally friends and neighbors to join in.
A small “free” box for children will keep them busy while parents do some real shopping.
Price everything. Make price stickers easy to read. Put large price tags on large items. Have plenty of bills – ones, fives and coins – for making change.
Have a plan after the sale for the items that have not sold. Do you really want to take these unwanted items back inside your home? Wouldn’t donating them to a secondhand shop or charity be a better choice? Make the choice so that immediately after you have closed your sale, the next step is disbursing the unsold items away from your home.
You’ll be glad you did.
Source: American Cleaning Institute
Trudy W. Pickett is extension family and consumer agent at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Office, 1791 N.C. 11/55. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or trudy_pickett@ncsu.edu.