Kids “4” Kids Club to hold Annual Charity Yard Sale

Students at Peirce Middle School’s Kids “4” Kids Club will be hosting a charity yard sale in West Chester on Saturday, May 5. The group, which includes close to 50 students, carries out acts of service throughout the school year. This past fall, they cooked meals for Safe Harbor of Chester County and just a fewweeks ago the students organized an Easter egg hunt and celebration for the Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children. Kids “4” Kids’ biggest service event of the year, however, is the group’s annual yard sale. Last year the students raised over $2500 for charity through their yard sale, and they hope to top that number at this year’s event.

Kids “4” Kids members have been busy collecting items for the yard sale from their school community, family members, friends, neighbors, and members of the community. Shoppers will have the opportunity to pick up bargains on hundreds of items, including: baby gear and strollers, toys, sports equipment, video games, electronics, CDs, bikes, books, board games, outdoor toys, and countless other household items. All items will be priced as “pay what you feel is fair,” virtually guaranteeing all visitors will walk away having scored a great deal. The yard sale will also have a festival feel to it, with a lemonade stand, baked goods for sale, and a moon bounce. Besides organizing the entire event, the Peirce students also solicited local businesses to support the yard sale, and those contributing to the event include Giant, Wawa and Acme.

The charity yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. at 1084 Forest Road in West Chester. All sales from the event will go to support five charities chosen by the students. They include: Best Buddies, the Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children, The Dax Locke Foundation, BBS Research, and Family Lives On. The Peirce students of Kids “4” Kids hope their yard sale will be its most successful yet, helping raise funds to ensure that these wonderful organizations can continue to help others.

Kids “4” Kids was founded in 2013 when then 9-year-old Molly Dolan of West Chester held the first charity yard sale. The effort raised a few hundred dollars for local charities that year. When Dolan, now in 8th grade, first entered Peirce Middle School, she established the service club there and it has grown each year, as has the yard sale. The group has raised close to $6000 for charity since the first yard sale five years ago.

For more information, visit www.kids-4-kids.org.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Students from Peirce Middle School’s Kids “4” Kids Club will host a yard sale on May 5in West Chester, with all proceeds going to support non-profit organization chosen by the students.