Down at the clothes swap (do do de do doo)
Lord have mercy we’re just some chicks doin’ a clothes swap!
Sorry Billy Joe Royal, I couldn’t help myself.
Yes last weekend was the first event for the Topeka Clothes
Swap. With my previous concerns of
problems due to some Internet trolling, I was not sure what to expect. So Friday when I left my place of business
and headed to Hayden High School I was trying to prepare myself for just about
anything. I picked up Wunder Hubby then we arrived to find Catie Walker waiting
for us on the stairs. She greeted us and
showed us the glorious Hayden Bingo Hall.
PERFECT! Lots of room and Lots of
tables! Soon came Marcy Hane with her
small army of youngin’s and we got started.
We put up signs and labeled the tables for various clothe sizes.
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| Doing my best Obi Wan Kenobi impression..."This IS the swap you're looking for" |
Then people started showing up. It didn’t take long until there was a mountain
of clothes to sort out! We dug in and
got them all organized as best we could.
Soon we were looking fantastic! Lots
of clothes as you can see…..
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| If you wish to see the clothing in all it's glory, please do click the pic. |
Saturday morning we arrived bright and early. Took care of some Saturday morning clothes
drops (which the people who dropped were nice enough to help with the sorting
before the swap started). Then it was swappin’ time!
Over the next hour and a half there was constant
action. I think everyone that
participated got what they needed and a few got even more. We had placed a bucket for unwanted tickets
on the front table, this way if you didn’t have enough tickets then you could
get some more. One lady ended up getting
over 50 tickets out of the bucket and thus getting a large amount of clothing
for her family.
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| Ms. Carrie is all smiles! :) |
Then, there was no one.
We waited until 11:45 and decided no one else was coming so we started
bagging up the left over clothes. Soon
Rosemary Fasl arrived. Rosemary arrived
to pick up the left over clothes for her daughter who is collecting clothing as
a project to benefit Big Brothers & Big Sisters. Rosemary was very happy to see that we had
over 15 bags of clothing to donate!
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| Believe it or not, we were able to cram all of these into one SUV! |
All-in-all, the clothes swap event was a huge success! And if you are wondering, yes we are doing
another one. It is currently scheduled
for August 4th, hopefully we can use the Hayden Bingo Hall again but
it’s a little too far out to tell for sure. Most of the action took place within the first two hours so we are just going to make it a two hour event next time.
Thank you to everyone who participated! And a special thank you to those of you who
helped make the swap a success. Without
you it could not have been done!
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