Treasure Hunt Tomorrow at Phi Theta Kappa's Yard Sale

Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” tells us one man's trash could be another man's come-up, but besides shopping in a thrift store, going to a yard sale is also another way to search for treasure from others people’s used goods.

Phi Theta Kappa is going to present their very first yard sale event on Thursday, May 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gray Wolf Courtyard. Donations and proceeds from this event will go to Phi Theta Kappa’s fund raising revenue.

Carrie Wyatt, Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Advisor, said the yard sale allows people the to get rid of items that may be taking up space in their homes while providing others the chance to purchase these same items at an inexpensive price.

Students, faculty and staff are all welcomed to donate. Wyatt said already donated items include children's clothes; dishes and glassware; shoes; children's books and cook books; tablecloths and so on.

If you are puzzling over how to get rid of your unwanted items at home, you can donate them to the yard sale by bringing them in the Information Center in Parks or at Wyatt’s office in Olympus 224. You can also drop off items that you want to donate outside of Gray Wolf Building on Thursday during the event.

Wyatt said items that are not sold will either be saved for another fundraising event next year, or will be donated to a local charitable organization. She hopes there will be nothing left at the end of the day to store or transport.

“I think this on campus yard sale is pretty cool, you can see stuff from other students that you might like,” said Phi Theta Kappa Chapter’s Finance Officer Katy Wong. “We have prepared the yard sale for about two months and we actually started this idea before spring quarter.”

Wong said the chapter is inspired by yard sales in the neighborhood so they tried to organize an on-campus yard sale. She said the chapter hopes to interact more with students through this event.

“We do a lot of different volunteer work for the community,” said Wong. “We are hoping that this event can let students know more about Phi Theta Kappa, because a lot of people notice there’s an honor society that exists, but they have no idea where to find us.”

For more information about the yard sale, contact Carrie Wyatt at 425-388-9588 or cwyatt@everettcc.edu.

Story by Sapphire Chan