Save Your Used Items for Highview Playground Rummage Sale

Bulk pick up is this week for Clarkstown residents, but don't throw out your used items just yet. Save it for a good cause and donate it to the Highview Playground's upcoming community Rummage Sale.

"We're very excited about the upcoming rummage sale," said Playground Steering Committee President Michelle Mazzaro. "It's one more step toward a new playground. We're a third of the way there in our fundraising efforts so come out and support the rebuilding project."

This is one of the major fundraising efforts going toward a goal of $185,000, which needs to be reached by the Build Date: Columbus Day Weekend in October 2011.

Save your items and drop them off between 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, July 29 at the Highview Playground site, just in time for the sale that weekend. The Rummage Sale is from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31 at the playground site, located at the corner of Highview Avenue and Church Street in Nanuet. It's across from the .

"Please donate items for the rummage sale and stop by the rummage sale and see if there's something that catches your eye," said Mazzaro

There is truck pick up service available for donations that qualify. Just call Jim (845-304-6050) or Carmine (914-522-0769) for more information. If the item's questionable, please email a picture and description to info@HighviewPlayground.com or contact Fundraising Chair Don Franchino at 845-624-3543.

Here's what they're looking for:

• Outdoor Equipment
• Bicycles in working order
• Tools in working order
• Furniture with no significant damage
• Clothes
• Toys & Sporting goods
• Electrical itemsin working order
• Collectables
• Books
• CDs, VHS Tapes, Records, DVDs, Cassettes
• Small appliances in working order
• Computers
• Other items not on the list below

Here's what they're NOT looking for (Not acceptable items):

• Bathing suits
• underwear
• shoes
• textbooks, magazines, encyclopedias
• torn, dirty or broken furniture
• stained or torn clothing
• cribs
• older microwaves
• no batteries, oil combustibles
• mattresses & Box Springs
• Child Car Seats
• Tires
• non-compliant TVs, Monitors, etc.