tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77410173227617236142024-03-13T01:36:24.387-07:00free swapsharing * we * all * prosperSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-21136003347651068162018-04-16T09:05:00.002-07:002018-05-26T07:21:16.074-07:00Last June's SWAP in Photos & Summer SWAP Coming Up!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I recently found a slew of photos I took at the June 2017 swap. Enjoy scrolling through as we look forward to the next one on:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love this one: on the left, June 2016, this couple (with help from friends) found a baby crib for the child they were expecting. (The crib was donated by my good friends/neighbors who had moved past that particular stage in life.) One year later, June 2017, here the two, uh, *three* are again, Dad and several buddies now lending a hand as volunteers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bikes! Finding new-to-you bikes and helmets. One family rode their bikes to the swap for a wholesome day at the park. They strapped new finds on the backs of their bikes (top R) and had a lovely day out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love this photo. What a great way to spend a day in the park: sun, grass and trees, community sharing, and playing games with loved ones. (They scored a sleeping bag, too!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From hospital-style beds to jewelry, there's always something interesting at the Free SWAP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stuff, sharing, and smiles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>By supporting the Free SWAP you:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*REDUCE WASTE--less goes to the landfill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*CONSERVE GAS--locally-sourced goods = less gasoline for transportation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*INSPIRE "UPCYCLING"--making something new out of something old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*CONSERVE RESOURCES--save the raw material that would have otherwise been used if you had bought new</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*CELEBRATE COMMUNITY--see how our generous and gracious community fits together beautifully</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few swaps ago someone donated this pair of shoes. My daughter took them home. She had many adventures. She grew. She donated them again to the swap. They continue to have more adventures, somewhere, with another family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, of course, VOLUNTEERS! Yay for our volunteer family. This is a guaranteed great way to spend a Saturday. If you've got even a half an hour to spare, we'd love to meet you and serve with you. Just show up and say, "How can I help?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>{Our set-up crew--Chris W., you're missing from this photo!--ready to start the fun. We very much missed Kerry, who was gallivanting about London--a little too far away to make it this time.}</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Free SWAP has become a "family reunion" of sorts for many of our volunteers and guests. The children who were too young to volunteer a few years ago are now joining the ranks; it will be fun to see how they grow over the years of Free SWAP photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>{As for what *I* found and took home? This fully-functional, beautiful vent cover (right) to replace our damaged one (left). Super random. But it fits perfectly! The other went in the recycling bin where it will find new life as something else.}</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And so we close out another Free SWAP season. It was a good one. As usual. We love our community. There is so much love and generosity here. Thank you to all who participated, especially the volunteers! We love you! Until next time...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have I mentioned before that I love the Free SWAP? It's just about the best thing ever. It's a win for both the givers and the receivers. It's a win for the environment. It's a win for creativity. And it's a win for Community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">{Excited about new finds: a glass drink dispenser, a dutch oven, an over-flowing bag of clothes, and a T-shirt for this die-hard Hunger Games fan}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">{Clockwise from top L: lots of clothes come and go, our family's old stroller went to a veteran volunteer who could use it, baskets, rugged army boots, plant therapy donation, my good friend spreading the word, and a bassinet}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And a hearty big thanks, again, to the volunteers who make it so much fun and help facilitate this community event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In addition to sharing clothes, books, toys and furniture, we'd like to celebrate fresh, local fruits and vegetables that often get overlooked because they are... well... "aesthetically-challenged." So much good food goes to waste. And then when you put that together with phrases like "food insecurity" and "food deserts," and, well, let's see if we can't engage in those conversations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whether you are a commercial grower or one of those killer backyard gardeners, the Free SWAP heartily invites you to consider the Free Ugly Fruit Stand as a good home for those harvests of funky tomatoes or over-abundant zucchini plants. You'll be feeding tummies and souls. We love to celebrate community! What better way to do that than through food?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer Free SWAP was just lovely. As always. The weather was great and the community spirit was abundant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Top left:</b></i> This group of friends found a new home for my neighbor's old crib. One in their party was expecting her first child. Already this child has a tribe looking out for her. Lucky kid. <i><b>Top right:</b></i> This family was moving into a new apartment and scored a dining room table--one of the hardest-working pieces of furniture in any home, for sure. Oh, and a stuffed animal and football for the kids, of course. Kids love the Free SWAP. <i><b>Bottom left:</b></i> These lovelies shared their smiles and free new finds! <i><b>Bottom right:</b></i> These girls pulled up a patch of shady grass and made a day of it. Fresh air, hanging out, and treasure-hunting. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm amazed at all the items that come and go throughout the morning. We don't have the resources to catalog everything; many times we can only get a fleeting glance at something before it's gone again. I guess that's the idea, though. It's working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, these two gentlemen...this was fun to witness. The gentleman on the right had come a bit earlier and brought some things to donate. As he was making a trip back to his car he passed the approaching gentleman on the left (my brother-in-law, as it was) who was bringing <i>his</i> donations. Among the donations were a couple of canes. As it turns out, the first guy's cane--which he needs and uses regularly--had broken just two days before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love hearing the vignettes of people's lives--the life lessons we share with each other, the heartaches and mourning, and the short-but-sweet moments of compassion between strangers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This woman was a delight to meet. She had heard about the Free SWAP and came at the end to see if she and her family might be able to load up some of the leftovers. She's a leader in her LDS (Mormon) church congregation in a neighboring city and organizes a free back-to-school shopping night for the community members in her neighborhood--many of whom struggle to make ends meet. What a sweetheart she is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am honored to meet such fascinating, complex, inspiring, quirky, funny, nice, hard-working people at the swap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are always in need of folks with larger cargo space to transport any leftover items to area donation centers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trust me, you'll make some good memories--whether you give, receive, volunteer, or a little of all three. Bring some friends/family; make a morning of it. If this is your first time, scroll around on the blog to see photos from previous events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, that's right. That says "September." And, yes, that's right; the current month is...(ahem)...</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Furniture, electronics, children's toys, and, yes, musical instruments show up at every swap. Instruments in the past have included a drum set and an organ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Problem was: neither one of us had training/experience in video editing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried to teach myself for awhile, but life happened and that tutorial got put on hold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But Kerry came through! She grabbed some of the time-lapse video her husband had recorded last year and put it to music, some still shots and some text, and bam! Video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So check out our new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PPiX2lrmM">YouTube video</a> and share it around!</span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-51700546827442155592015-09-14T13:13:00.003-07:002015-09-14T13:35:26.941-07:00Fall SWAP Coming Up in Orem!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday, 26 September, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking forward to it!</span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-61443502038110669962015-09-03T12:15:00.000-07:002015-09-03T12:15:22.183-07:00Lehi SWAP Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I set my alarm for 5:30 so I could get up, pack the car and arrive at the venue by 6:30 for set-up. Now, I felt I had to stick to this arrival time because I had told potential volunteers that I would be there. At. That. Time. One wee challenge: the night before, I had gotten home <i>pretty</i> late and was exhausted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a few hours of sleep, I heard a mysterious knocking...which was concerning because my children were at a sleepover with my parents and my husband was in Tokyo on business. I was alone in the house. Annoyed about waking up prematurely, I took a quick peek at the clock to see how long until my alarm was set to go off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, *that* woke me up. (A big "Thank You" to my Subconscious for knocking on my brain's door!) Clothes. Pack. Drive!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I left my house at 6:18. When I pulled up to the curb at the park, my phone showed 6:30. Miracle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway...after a few mishaps with the city sprinklers (I hadn't showered for the day yet, so, bonus!), Kerry and I got everything set up at the new venue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a lovely day and the venue was nice. Though it's a well-known park in Lehi, it doesn't have the volume of car-traffic that we're used to seeing at the Orem location. Overall numbers were lower than we had hoped, but some great donations came in and some great folks came in. Not only local folks, but people from up north in West Valley, Cottonwood Heights, and Midvale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">{This was delightful: these ladies, interested in possible other donations that might still come in, passed the time by playing a Jr. Scrabble game that had been donated. Perfect! I loved it.}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was fun to see old friends and previous Free SWAP volunteers--didn't get photos because I was too busy chatting--and meet knew folks and hear their stories. From the mother on a fixed income trying to support her family to the woman who told me about the food shortages that her parents and others are experienc<i>ing</i>--that's right, <i>present</i> tense--in Venezuela. (Look it up. I was stunned. What?!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the diversity of donations always puts a smile on my face. From our first donation of a large TV, seen here with its new owner...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...to the humble and somewhat comical donation of a fully-loaded kitty litter box. (Thanks, Jill!) And, yes, someone, ahem...<i>scooped</i> that one right up! I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As things wound down for the day and we started to pack up remaining items, one guest remembered that her friend had been gathering donations for the FLDS refugees </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in Southern Utah/Northern Arizona. Usually these women and children have nothing but the clothes on their backs and nowhere to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes! We would love to send the women's and children's clothing for that cause!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Facebook a couple of weeks ago a friend posted a link to a speech given several years ago by Arthur C. Brooks at Brigham Young University, <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/arthur-c-brooks_giving-matters-2/">"Why Giving Matters."</a> Interesting read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to all who came, who donated, who brought their friends and families, who shared their stories. Thank you, Belinda, for volunteering pretty much the whole day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Go to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/utahfreeswap">Facebook page</a> to see a photo of a young guest who had fallen into a puddle and needed a new, dry outfit. Free SWAP to the rescue! Her creative mom found a dress-sized black T-shirt, black belt, sparkly black tights--a rockstar was born! Darling.</i></span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-31563117661033247982015-08-14T07:25:00.004-07:002015-08-14T07:25:50.763-07:00Free SWAP Lehi--Tomorrow!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Volunteers are welcome to help set up starting at 6:30 a.m., taking and sorting donations during the event, and with clean-up starting at noon. Call your friends--make it a fun group activity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Volunteers can also shop while working.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier this year we were approached by artist/designer Kim Bateman (my brother-in-law) with his proposal to design a logo for the Free SWAP. Kerry and I heartily welcomed the idea. We knew that creating a brand identity could greatly further our efforts to spread the message of community sharing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a very interesting process, to say the least. He met with both me and Kerry to ask us about how we came to be involved in this idea of the Free SWAP, about our values and interests and where we find inspiration. This is important for a designer to know his client so he can tailor design choices. Otherwise he could take a logo in a million different directions and still not find what speaks to the client.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interviews done, he started sketching up pages and pages of ideas--from bold and graphic to fluid and organic, from text-based to image-based. It was all so fascinating to see the process unfold and see the diversity of logos he came up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We wanted to include so many concepts in the design but we knew we wanted to keep it fairly uncluttered. Symbolism, colors, shapes all have meaning when create a brand identity--we talked a lot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was very much a collaborative effort (all the adults and even some suggestions from some of my kids) and in the end this (above) is where we all landed. We are very happy with the results.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The symbolism of circles supports the idea of both community (circle of friends, circle of influence, circling the wagons--Utah pioneers know about that, for sure) and also the planet earth. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hands forming the "S" reinforce the concept of sharing--giving and receiving. So the hands can be seen both as sharing an item and as cradling the planet.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green is often associated with the environment and with prosperity--both concepts that fit well with the Free SWAP philosophy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you look at the hands upside down they look like stylized half-arrows </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which hint at the well-established recycling logo. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have registered our trademark with the State of Utah and everything. We are official. Now for incorporating it into our work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aside from this blog, our latest printing of business cards (in English and Spanish) and our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/utahfreeswap">Facebook page</a> also feature the new logo. Yet to come are vinyl signs to be used at SWAPs and for promotion at farmers markets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you, Kim, for your experience, your professional, courteous nature and your creativity. It was a pleasure to work with you and we are delighted with your design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are interested in seeing more of Kim Bateman's work or to contact him, please visit: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since we're opening up our first "franchise" this year--in Lehi, Utah--we thought the <a href="http://www.wasatchfrontfarmersmarket.org/">Wasatch Front Farmers Market</a> (<a href="http://www.thanksgivingpoint.org/">Thanksgiving Point</a> location) would be a great choice for promoting the upcoming swap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely day to be out talking with folks. Pleasant booth neighbors. Yummy food from the Taiwanese place across the way. And Kerry and I both went home with luscious fresh produce to boot. (We'll see if enough berries survive long enough to be turned into a pastry; I keep eating them.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We just bought a new couch and now the old couch is just sitting there in the garage."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We have *so* much stuff."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We have a dryer we could give away."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks, Wasatch Front Farmers Market, for letting us join the gang this week! And to the folks we chatted with today, hope to see you Saturday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, my dear Free SWAP partner, Kerry, was off in New York at a work conference during the opening swap. I was going to miss her; and she was going to miss out on all the fun here. But I had all kinds of volunteers show up to help out; it was fantastic! Again, we had volunteers I knew--long-time friends and neighbors of mine--and volunteers I just met. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(The volunteer at the left of the photo organizes swaps as well--I believe in Provo somewhere--so it was fun to meet her and have her energy and set-up skills. </i></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*I was hoping to get your contact information before you left, but we were all so busy the whole time, that I looked around for you and you had gone. Contact me--would love to chat more about free swaps.*)</span></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kim B., for the new logo you designed for us (will share more on that in another post--we are excited about having a logo to further the cause); my oldest child, for watching your little sister; my middle child, for being a super awesome helper from start to finish; Jeff B. and Amanda S., for your help on all the Spanish language translations (more on that in another post); Joy C., for being the promotional portrait photographer (looking forward to more on that project); the Toblers, Paula W., the Wilkinsons, the Wayases for packing your cars with, and transporting, all the donations that the neighborhood had collected; Lili, for your cheerful volunteerism; Sarah C., for helping to set up the canopy in the morning (so needed!); Paula W., for helping with set-up and letting my children at home come play at your house; Wilkinsons, for set-up help AND clean-up help!; Roy S., for making time to volunteer a bit even though you had a conflicting event; the Greens, for your lightning-fast clean-up skills, Abby R., for your steady help every free swap; Mystery Woman (who also does free swaps in Provo), for your hard work and experience; Rebecca (with your little one in the stroller), for offering to transport leftover donations to the thrift store; Nathaniel, for being the balloon-design coordinator and eagerly helping out; and Kay J., for helping with set-up (which is what I feel I need the most for a successful swap)</i></span></div>
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But, people came! Delightful new volunteers (like Ericka and Eva, <i>in group photo above</i>) joined veteran volunteers (I'm looking at you, Roy and Jill, <i>in group photo above</i>) in a soggy, but satisfying, day of service.</div>
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The rain made quick work of some of our beloved cardboard signs that we have used over the past several swaps. They disintegrated before our eyes, poor things. (To do: print more business cards in English and Spanish, and order new signs!)</div>
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Some of our younger volunteers eagerly took on their assignments as umbrella escorts. They took turns walking participants to and from the SWAP using a generously-sized golf umbrella.</div>
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Fortunately we had some decent stretches of time when the rain let up. Some of the things that came and went included a few TVs, some skis, industrial power vacuum, instrument cases, gun cases, toys, clothes, and kitchen ware.</div>
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One gentleman came with his trailer fully-laden with construction equipment, tools, gas cans, a ladder and a bunch of stuff I couldn't identify. It was a handyman's--or handy<i>ma'am's</i>--trove of well-loved goods. Story was* the man's neighbor, a widow of 5 years, had a garage full of her husband's things that were sitting, untouched, unused. This man helped his neighbor clean out her garage and offered to load up his trailer and bring the load down to the SWAP to see if others could put those tools back to good use. It was like Santa with his sleigh. And most of that stuff was snatched right up, ready to start new adventures.</div>
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<i>{Hey, there's my dad helping to bring in another donation. It sure was a treat to have my parents in town that weekend!}</i></div>
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New volunteer Suzan took it upon herself to donate her truck and her driving to help anyone take large loads home--like the couch. She had spent years driving delivery vehicles for Deseret Industries.(D.I. stores are LDS/Mormon Church-based thrift stores) Now she wanted to drive for us. Bless her. In the end we used her truck to load up all the unclaimed items for delivery to the local thrift store. <i>I'm just going to try to forget, though, how it poured buckets and buckets as we were cleaning up and loading the truck. Seriously. Buckets, folks. Really not the best circumstances. But, hey, we survived to do it all again another day.</i><br />
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<i>{delivering your donations--thanks, folks!}</i></div>
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<i>Just wanted to give a special shout-out to rock star volunteer Ericka. She was new this year. She came right at the beginning and stayed and worked hard the entire time, all through clean-up. (Her brother and son also joined the crew.) She passed out our business card reminders to everyone she met and, as a native Spanish-speaker, proved very valuable to our team. Thank you so much, Ericka!</i><br />
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*The swift nature of the swap means that I usually don't have time to grab my pen and paper and get down all the details exactly as they are told me. This is my attempt at a best-guess remembrance of the story.<br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">NOTE: I did not expressly receive permission to identify the people I discuss here. That is why I use only first names. If you see yourself in a photo and/or I have written your name and you would like me to remove it, please email me: desertgreengoddess (at) gmail (dot) com. Our paths cross so briefly and a little chaotically, that I forget to ask publication permission. But I find such value in your participation, in your stories, that I can't help but want to share. Nonetheless, I will respect your request to remove your name and image, if you wish it.</i>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-44490630821718494032014-09-28T09:59:00.005-07:002014-12-10T19:25:23.017-08:00Thank You, Deseret News!A big Thank You to Wendy Leonard and Michelle Tessier of the Deseret News for the story you did on our soggy, but warm-and-fuzzy, free swap yesterday. (Truth be told, it brought me to tears.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, our canopy looks a little bit sad in this display. But don't let that fool you; it houses all sorts of goodness. (It turns out our canopy was too large for our allotted space, so, uh, we had to modify it a smidge.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had chairs but we hardly sat. We were actively on a mission to invite as many community members as possible to the Free SWAP on Saturday. It was truly a delight to connect with folks who love the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>One.</i> Next time we will just use photos and signs in our display. I had brought a few items of clothing to hang on the line to, ahem, "add" to the display (okay, okay, I'm not a merchandiser). Turns out it just confused people. "Everything is Free" is a great sign to grab attention. But when some people quickly glance and see a meager selection of 6 items of girls' clothing, they get a quizzical look and move on. Next time, just signs and photos. Got it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Two.</i> "Everything is FREE" gets attention. But it also gets skepticism. Understandably so. I've had more than one lesson teaching my children the adage, "There's no such thing as a free lunch." <i>There's <b>always</b> a catch, kids. Be wary. Keep your guard up.</i> Uh, that is <b>except</b> <i>this</i> time; <i><b>this</b></i> time there really *is* no catch. Really. We had to try to convince a couple of folks that there was no gimmick, no bait-and-switch, no corporate advertising or sign-ups for spam. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a couple of occasions folks asked us, "So what's in it for you? How do you get paid for your time?" Our</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> answer: well, we get paid in sunshine and rainbows and unicorns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Added bonus: that kind of payment is completely non-taxable. It's all under-the-table goodness that we get to take straight to the bank. Cha-ching.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, we felt the <a href="http://www.provofarmersmarket.org/">Provo Farmers Market</a> was a great place to promote Saturday's SWAP. Beautiful day. Lots of people out enjoying all that the market had to offer. And a fantastic place to meet others who were eager to join with us in passing the word along. We loved hearing, as we handed out our new two-sided business cards, "Can I have a few more to pass around to friends?" You betcha.</span><br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-64439333749601903042014-09-17T07:36:00.001-07:002014-12-10T19:26:09.004-08:00Fall Free SWAP Coming Up! Spread the News and/or Come Volunteer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next SWAP is coming up soon. Help us spread the word. Below are links to downloadable color/photo flyers like the one in the photo above. Print them out and post them up. Or pass them around electronically--email, Facebook, Twitter, you know the drill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s like a yard sale where everything is free. Clear out clutter, pass along items you no longer need. Item donations are welcome—from furniture to home décor to sporting equipment, with special consideration for seasonal items and cold weather gear. <i>Please limit donations to items that can be carried by one or two people; nothing that needs special moving equipment—i.e. dollies for refrigerators, etc.—unless you can assume responsibility for transport to its new home.</i> Simply bring items to the community free s:w.a.p. and then stay and browse the rest of the selection for anything that you could use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get together a group of friends and join us! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Email desertgreengoddess(at)gmail(dot)com</span></div>
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for a better day for the Free S:W.A.P. Clear skies, warm day with a bit of a
breeze. Veteran volunteers alongside new volunteers (welcome Brianna, Paula,
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from guests. "At the last SWAP I got a rocking chair and I
reupholstered it and it looks great." Or "My youngest was
finishing high school when we learned we were expecting again, so we have
needed to get all the baby stuff again." Or "I volunteer with an
organization that builds homes for needy families living on the Navajo
reservation; I found some light switches and door knobs that I can use for
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">{more
volunteers: I see Connie C., Stacey H., Emily W., and Christina C. have joined
the party}</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7741017322761723614" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was at the last free swap in
my neighborhood (2011), before I expanded the scale, that I first invited city
officials to come check out what I was trying to accomplish with this idea.
City council member Margaret Black accepted my invitation and stopped by that
day 3 years ago. And here she is, again. Thank you, Councilmember Black, for
your support. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7741017322761723614" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The
last swap, on a chilly, chilly day in the fall of last year, saw around 300
guests. Fall of 2012 had just under 600 guests. We were hoping that with
more marketing avenues this year (<a href="http://kuer.org/post/no-money-needed-orem-community-swap-meet">radio</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/swap-share-we-all-prosper/22044/-42HbeNHTEysiamvLJCEbw">TV</a>),
we could get more than 600 people. Maybe--I was (overly-?) optimistic--we could
get 800 people to come to this swap. Had my fingers crossed. We passed 600 just
before 11:00. Either way, with one hour, officially, to go, we were set to
break our previous record.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was
during this lull that we got a visit from an old college buddy of mine. I'm
thinking there might be a fair number of you who know this guy! Brett Roberts
of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFD0284A5DA24371">Kid
Snippets/Kid History</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>fame,
folks.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>(He and his cast/crew
were invited by Lucas Films to film some Kid Snippet episodes on the Star Wars
cantina set! How cool is that?! He has even filmed episodes with none other
than Josh Groban. Smidge jealous.)</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Here
we are with his beautiful children and some delighted fans.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">As
interesting as attendance numbers are to me, it's the people behind those
numbers that make it worth it. It's the hard-working volunteers who come back
year after year. It's the stories of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>people</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that are the heart of it all. Friends
and strangers alike giving graciously and receiving graciously.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I've
said it before and I'll say it again: each Free S:W.A.P. benefits hundreds in
our community. If every city across the country organized<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>just one</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Free S:W.A.P. each year, the benefits
would increase exponentially, turning those hundreds into millions.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I
extend an open invitation to team up with me on this. Organize a Free S:W.A.P.
(Sharing: We All Prosper) in your community. Let's work together. Share ideas.
Share inspiration. Share the stories that give meaning to this journey of ours.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Here's
volunteer Emily with our final count:</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Additional
thank yous, if I forgot someone, please, please tell me! Kerry F. (SWAP
co-organizer) and her husband Jason F. (Kerry, I almost didn't include you
here; it feels like we've been such a team that to thank you would be like
thanking myself! But, truly, having a like-minded cohort on this project has
made it so much more fun.), Tiffany D., Jill B., Amy G., Emma, Hannah, Natalie,
Madison, Kelly B., Abby R., Jeff B., Emily from Orem Community Church, Kimberly
from Feed the World, Kami C. (for watching my girls!!), David B. (for making
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4utk6pl6gM">video</a>) my son, and,
of course, my husband, the surprise-volunteer-snacks-provider, for putting
up with my crazy twice a year. Well, my "Free SWAP" crazy, that is.
He puts up with my regular crazy all year long. ;)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">{me,
Kerry F. and Good Things Utah hosts Nicea, Gretchen, and Troy--aren't they
gorgeous?!}</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Pant, pant . . . okay, my heart
can slow down now and the butterflies will please vacate my stomach. We are
done with all the pre-swap media promotions.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thank you, thank you to Good
Things Utah for inviting us to share what we love on your show. Thanks, so
much, Megan Bowen, for extending the invitation; we appreciate your seeing the
value in the swap. And a special thanks to Chris who got us hooked up with our
microphones and for our post-show chat at the end. (You are a cheeky one,
aren't you?)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Nicea, Gretchen and Troy are so
good at their jobs. I tip my hat to you, folks. Really. Wow. That's tough work.
Thank you for helping to amplify our voices. You made it fun. We were glad we
could, for a brief while, be a part of your specialness (is that a word?!).</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To watch our segment of the
show click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/swap-share-we-all-prosper/22044/-42HbeNHTEysiamvLJCEbw">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-18302805295130616102014-06-03T16:48:00.000-07:002014-12-10T19:27:10.577-08:00Radio Promotion of the SWAP--Thanks to Dan Bammes of KUER<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thank you to Dan Bammes,
Morning Edition Host/Reporter at KUER, for your interest in amplifying my voice
and helping me share this community event I love so much.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For my first time in radio, I must express profuse gratitude for the miracle of
editing.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You can catch the minute-long spot<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://kuer.org/post/no-money-needed-orem-community-swap-meet">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522267744834567219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741017322761723614.post-28373050857902150032014-05-10T10:02:00.001-07:002014-12-10T19:27:40.688-08:00Summer Free S:W.A.P. Coming Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">8:00 am to 12:00 noon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It’s like a yard sale where everything is free. Clear out clutter, pass along items you no longer need. Item donations are welcome—from furniture to home décor to sporting equipment. <i>Please limit donations to items that can be carried by one or two people; nothing that needs special moving equipment—i.e. dollies for refrigerators, etc.—unless you can assume responsibility for transport to its new home.</i> Simply bring items to the community free s:w.a.p. and then stay and browse the rest of the selection for anything that you could use. </div>
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Facebook group: Community FREE S:W.A.P. (Sharing: We All Prosper) - Utah County</div>
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