Assistance League Way Side Inn Thrift Shop Volunteers Saddle Up for Pioneer Days & Western Roundup

Member volunteers at Assistance League® Way Side Inn Thrift Shop, located at 3521 Golden Gate Way, in Lafayette, urge you to “Go West!”—west on Highway 24, that is. The Pioneer Days & Western Roundup event will gallop into town starting on Tuesday, February 2. Women’s and girls’ handmade, three piece pioneer outfits that include a dress, a bonnet, and an apron will go quickly. Sewn by a member volunteer of Assistance League of Diablo Valley, these garments chronicle an era that shaped the American Experience. Not only will they offer hours of imaginative entertainment, they will provide an excellent teaching tool where students can dramatize a significant chapter in our nation’s history.

Dedicated aproned sidekicks will guide you to a hefty selection of hats, belts, bandanas, purses, jackets, and shirts that will easily spruce up your wardrobe. Decorative pillows, as well as VHS tapes and books will help you capture that western spirit of gumption and grit. Speaking of books, you’ll have a chance to ante up by donating any books that you no longer need. (Such authors as Laura Ingles Wilder, Louis L’Amour, Brett Harte, Samuel Clemens and Jack London come to mind.)

When you donate and purchase items at Assistance League Way Side Inn Thrift Shop, you support ten philanthropic programs, several of which concern education, a never ending frontier.

To learn about Assistance League® of Diablo Valley’s other philanthropic programs, funded by the Way Side Inn Thrift Shop, and its recently awarded GuideStar Exchange gold participation level status, please visit this website: diablovalley.assistanceleague.org or the GuideStar Exchange.