May 15, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY
Summary: A 14-year partnership between Calvin College and Oakdale Park
Christian Reformed Church continues this week as students leave campus for the
summer and also leave behind items to donate to the church.
Full story and photo see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/2007-08/residence-hall-sale/
By noon on Friday, May 16, the first trucks from Oakdale Park Christian
Reformed Church (CRC) will start arriving at the residence halls at Calvin
College, and volunteers from the church will begin collecting the piles of
clothes, furniture and other detritus of college life that students leave
behind as they move out for the summer.
Then, from Thursday through Saturday, June 12–14, that stockpile of items
will form the basis of the annual Oakdale Park CRC rummage sale. Proceeds from
the rummage sale, now in its 14th year, will benefit the church's neighborhood
youth program.
"Students are very conscious these days about throwing things away versus
recycling and reusing," said Calvin dean of residence life John Witte.
That conscientiousness is a big benefit to Oakdale Park and its surrounding
community, said sale coordinator Lyn VandenBosch. "We couldn't do this sale
without Calvin," she said. "This partnership is awesome."
Oakdale Park's annual take include lots of jeans, sweaters and shoes as well
as books, CDs, DVDs, toys and larger items such as couches, lamps, televisions
and other small appliances, and typically the sale nets between four and five
thousand dollars for the church's Wednesday night activities, children's choir,
summer day camp and other youth programs.
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