Keeping it safe at the Swap Meet!
While it is great to be able to see our friends and neighbors at an event like the Swap Meet, it is essential that we remember to observe COVID-19 safety protocols. Please...
- Wear a mask at all times
- Observe safe distancing from other individuals
- Keep your hands off your face until you can wash them
- Wash your hands with soap and water as soon as you get home
- Enter through the correct entrance at the field, and prepared to wait in your car if the maximum number of people are on the field
Back by popular demand! The Carlisle Cheer Project is pleased to be hosting our fall Swap Meet on Spalding Field on Saturday, October 24, 2020.
Here's how it works. Clear out all those garage, basement and attic items you no longer use/want. (No junk and nothing broken or hazardous.) Bring them to Spalding Field on the morning of October 24 between 8:00 am and noon. We will have tents and areas with signs set up for you to distribute your items, wearing your face mask, of course. Gently used books should be separated into children's and adult's at the designated tent. (No textbooks, please.) Leave that (working) old VCR under the electronics tent and place those old dishes at the small household goods tent, etc.
Then come back after lunch to 'shop'! While wearing your mask and keeping at a safe distance, walk through the tents and take what you want!
Linger, but not too long. We can only have up to 50 people on the field at the same time, so we need to be sure everyone gets a chance to find a treasure or two.
Drop Off - 8:00 am to Noon
Please don't bring items for the Swap Meet in the afternoon. We have limited time to share your left overs with your friends and neighbors. Items brought in the afternoon will likely be sent back home with you.
Be sure to bring items that others would actually want to take home. Good reasons to take it to the Transfer Station instead:
Free Shopping - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Visit the Swap Meet between 1:00 and 4:00, with a bag and your mask, to "shop" for any treasures to take home. No need to ask, just take what you see, it's all free. (Unless someone else is holding it!)
Then what happens?
The Carlisle Cheer Project has made arrangements with several charitable organizations: Household Goods in Acton, More than Words and Cradles to Crayons. Left over items will be boxed up for these organizations. Items that don't fall into these categories will, sadly, be added to the town's solid waste at the Transfer Station.
How can you help?
There are a couple ways you can help us out at the Swap Meet: (Changed order - moved shop to after Drop off bullets)
Here's how it works. Clear out all those garage, basement and attic items you no longer use/want. (No junk and nothing broken or hazardous.) Bring them to Spalding Field on the morning of October 24 between 8:00 am and noon. We will have tents and areas with signs set up for you to distribute your items, wearing your face mask, of course. Gently used books should be separated into children's and adult's at the designated tent. (No textbooks, please.) Leave that (working) old VCR under the electronics tent and place those old dishes at the small household goods tent, etc.
Then come back after lunch to 'shop'! While wearing your mask and keeping at a safe distance, walk through the tents and take what you want!
Linger, but not too long. We can only have up to 50 people on the field at the same time, so we need to be sure everyone gets a chance to find a treasure or two.
Drop Off - 8:00 am to Noon
Please don't bring items for the Swap Meet in the afternoon. We have limited time to share your left overs with your friends and neighbors. Items brought in the afternoon will likely be sent back home with you.
Be sure to bring items that others would actually want to take home. Good reasons to take it to the Transfer Station instead:
- Electronics that don't work
- Fabric or textile items that are worn or musty (place in the textile bins at the Transfer Station)
- Anything with mold.
- Baby equipment that is out of date
- Text books
- Trash
- Junk
- Anything chipped or broken
- Used mattresses of any kind
Free Shopping - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Visit the Swap Meet between 1:00 and 4:00, with a bag and your mask, to "shop" for any treasures to take home. No need to ask, just take what you see, it's all free. (Unless someone else is holding it!)
Then what happens?
The Carlisle Cheer Project has made arrangements with several charitable organizations: Household Goods in Acton, More than Words and Cradles to Crayons. Left over items will be boxed up for these organizations. Items that don't fall into these categories will, sadly, be added to the town's solid waste at the Transfer Station.
How can you help?
There are a couple ways you can help us out at the Swap Meet: (Changed order - moved shop to after Drop off bullets)
- Tell your friends and neighbors about the Swap Meet.
- Only bring items people would actually want to have in their home - please don't bring junk.
- Don't drop off your items to the Swap Meet after noon.
- Shop! (1-4pm) Come and take treasures home with you!
- Come back at 4:00 to help us sort and pack up what is left.
- Bring a few cans of stew, soup or chili for the Open Pantry collection!
- And of course, follow COVID-19 safety guidelines, see above.