Vegreville Community-Wide Garage Sales

Vegreville Community-Wide Garage Sales a Hit with Bargain Hunters

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Like one woman said, Garage Sales are like being in heaven when a person finds a very reasonably priced item they really need and want and have been searching forever for. People really had a chance to experience this as they explored 43 registered garage and yard sales at the Town of Vegreville Community Wide Garage Sale on June 22.

Maps were available to direct people to the exact address of the registered garage sales. Some people went all the way for others at their sale. Donna Deal was one of these folks as she gave free cookies, coffee, and even slices to watermelon to everyone. As well, Donna said she will forward part of the proceeds to a college fund for young people. After the sale, Donna said over 300 people went to her sale that she had with six other people. Many people commented that they knew about the town-wide garage sales from the nice colorful ad in the newspaper which also listed where to go to get the map that showed where all the registered garage sales were. Then many people who attended had a chance to visit and they all left with a smile on their face.

Some of the other people who had garage sales also said they were especially impressed with the traffic, at some points there were so many customers that a person could hardly move at their sale.

Garage sales are very good for the environment as they find a new home for items people no longer need and prevent almost brand-new and gently used stuff from landing-up in the landfill.