Calvin Students Donate Clothes, More to Local Church

May 16, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: Calvin College students are donating clothes, shoes, CDs, DVDs,
books and more to a local church before they move out of the dorms and home for
the summer.

Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/yard-sale.htm

At approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 17 the first truck will arrive from
Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church to collect the piles of clothes,
furniture and other items that have been accumulating in the Calvin College
residence halls.

Approximately four weeks later, from June 14 through June 16, to be exact,
that trove of collected items will be sold at the annual Oakdale Park rummage
sale. Proceeds for the sale benefit the church's youth programs.

The donation and the sale are a 13-year-old Calvin-Oakdale Park tradition.

"I was just in one of the dorm lobbies, and there's a nice pile starting
there," says Calvin dean of residence life John Witte of the college side of
the partnership.

As students leave for the summer, he explains, the checkout process requires
that they empty their rooms and dispose of unwanted items (additional
collections will be made on Monday, May 21 at the college apartments).

The donation benefits the church in a big way, says Lyn Vanden Bosch, the
yearly coordinator of the three-day extravaganza. Typically, the sale nets
between four and five thousand dollars for Oakdale Park.

"It's a great partnership," Witte adds. "It benefits our students, and it
benefits the church -- as well as the many folks who come to the sale."

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Received on Wed May 16 08:55:38 2007