2025 ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE
Starting in 2025, there will be ONE sale per year.
Our annual all-church Rummage Sale is our Woman’s Society’s largest undertaking. The growth and popularity of this sale wouldn’t be possible without the generous support and involvement of all our church members. Over 250 people come together each spring to help the Woman’s Society with the sale. Sale profits are shared with non-profit agencies close to home and around the world, as well as the First Congregational Church of Western Springs.
Thank you for visiting our website! Volunteer sign-up begins April 1, 2025. Important dates are:
Drop-off: Saturday, April 26: 9am-12pm and Sunday, April 27: 1pm-3pm
Times vary for set-up, sorting, sale, & clean-up of Education Building & grounds.
Sale: Tuesday, April 29 and Wednesday, April 30: 5:30pm-8pm
Starting this year, we will be holding an annual spring sale only. Always check the website for annual sales dates.
The Rummage Sale is successful due to the many hands and hearts helping out. Scroll down for further information on volunteer sign-up, donating food to feed our hard working volunteers, and/or helping the Green Team.
What donations do we accept? Scroll down for information.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being part of Rummage! The Rummage Sale is our Woman’s Society’s largest undertaking. Sales have continued to grow because of the generous support and involvement of our church members and the communities the church serves. It’s because of YOU that this event thrives!
We can’t wait to see you this Spring. Mark your calendars for April 26 & 27 for drop-off and April 29 & 30 for the sale!
— Zada Clarke, Harriet VerGowe & Terri Lane
RUMMAGE QUESTIONS: Email seathey58@gmail.com.
Volunteers: Three Ways to Help with Rummage
1. Sign up to volunteer for the sale for as much time as you have to give. Free childcare is available. Older kids are welcome to volunteer, too! Volunteers who work at least 3 hours can shop early on both evenings! While advanced sign-up is preferred, last minute walk-ins are welcome.
2. Sign up to donate food items (list available when you register) to feed the volunteer staff working the sale.
3. Be a part of the Green Team and join the recycling and trash removal effort at the rummage sale. Help is needed to remove the buildup of cardboard, paper and metals and ensure these items get recycled.
And thank you for PRAYING for the hundreds of volunteers and countless shoppers who support this sale year after year and for those who will receive financial support as a result.
Donations
We accept gently used items, including clothes, housewares, linens, art, lamps, small furniture, toys, children’s books only, tools & outdoor items, bikes, jewelry, etc.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept the following:
- Books (except children’s books that are part of toys)
- TVs/Computers/monitors, all electronics, cables
- Printers, printer cartridges
- Fax machines/typewriteres
- Cell phones, phone chargers or telephones
- Car seats
- Cribs/mattresses
- Large Furniture/Large sofas
- Large area rugs
- Unframed mirrors or large heavy mirrors
- Chandeliers, or any hard-wired light fixture
- Ceiling fans
- Paint or toxic chemicals, building materials
- Mattresses, box springs, sofa beds
- Stuffed toys
PLEASE: NOTHING BROKEN, DIRTY, WET, RUSTY, OR HAZARDOUS.
ALL DONATIONS SHOULD BE BAGGED OR BOXED AND MARKED.
THANK YOU!
ALTERNATE Donation Locations
| Location Name | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|
| AMVETS (708) 388-7800 donatestuff.org | Will pick up gently used clothing and household items. | |
| Each client who comes to BEDS is either homeless or their housing is threatened. Call to donate goods and food. | ||
| Big Rig Books (708) 205-1516 bigrigbooks@gmail.com | A mobile literacy outreach initiative encouraging reading and providing books for children in economically challenged, underserved communities. They accept new and gently used children’s books. | |
| Bob’s TV and Metal Pick up Service (630) 235-0387 | CRT TVs, computer monitors, flat screen TVs, plasma TVs, large appliances, copy machines, hot water tanks, lawn mowers, tools, bicycles, and more. Call Bob to set up a free pickup. | |
| Chicago Furniture Bank (312) 752-0211 chicagofurniturebank.org/donate | 4801 S. Whipple Chicago | The mission of the Chicago Furniture Bank (CFB) is to provide dignity, stability and comfort to Chicagoans moving into supportive housing by providing them with a place to hand-pick an entire home’s worth of furnishings. For information about what they will accept and to schedule a pickup (there is a fee), call or visit their website. |
| Children’s Community Closet | St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, 500 E 31st St, La Grange Park, IL | Children’s and maternity clothing only! They cannot accept toys, changing pads, linens, etc. |
| Cradles to Crayons cradlestocrayons.org/chicago/ | Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive. | |
| Electronic Recycling Collection (630) 407-6700 www.dupageco.org/ElectronicsRecycling | 451 Commerce Street Burr Ridge Public Works | Proceeds benefit the developmentally disabled. Computers and peripherals, office equipment, small home appliances, home entertainment items. |
| Goodwill Store & Donation Center 708-562-6166 www.goodwill.org | 3054 Wolf Road Westchester, IL | Will sell your new and gently used items in stores or on shopgoodwill.com and use the revenue generated to provide employment training and job placement services. |
| Habitat for Humanity ReStore 630-517-2080 www.gohabitatrestore.com | 869 S. Rohlwing Rd. (Rte. 53), Addison, IL 60601 | Items must be approved prior to donating. |
| Home 2 Home Project 708-255-5063 www.h2project.org | 6119 East Ave., Hodgkins | To furnish the homes of formerly homeless families using gently used and refurbished furniture. Drop off Tuesday and Thursday 10AM – 3PM, fee charged to pick-up large items. |
| The Honest Junk Co. (773) 733-2745 www.honestjunkcompany.org | 4801 S Whipple St. Suite A Chicago, IL 60632 | Chicago’s only nonprofit junk removal service. Sister company of Chicago Furniture Bank. *NOTE: They charge a fee for furniture pickup. |
| The Hope Chest (708) 482-0359 | 305 W. Hillgrove La Grange, IL | A nonprofit retail shop that donates proceeds from sales to domestic violence shelters. They accept gently used in-season women’s clothing, purses, scarves and jewelry. |
| Off the Street Club 773- 533-3253 www.offthestreetclub.com/ | 25 N. Karlov Ave. Chicago, IL 60624 | Off the Street Club is Chicago’s oldest boys and girls club. They welcome any sheets, towels and t-shirts. |
| Open Books 312.475.1355 x2008 (West Loop location), 312.243.9776 (Pilsen location) www.open-books.org/donate-books/ | They welcome any books in good condition. They also accept LPs, CDs, and DVDs in good playable condition. Pick-up can be arranged. | |
| Salvation Army 1-800-SA-TRUCK www.satruck.org | Manned Donation Drop Off 1S337 Summit Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 60181 | Corps Manned Donation Drop-off 7 days a week from 10AM – 6PM. |
| Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center www.satruck.org | 7511 Lemont Road Darien, IL, 60561 | Store Hours: 10am–8pm Monday – Saturday |
| SCARCE 630-545-9710 info@scarce.org | 800 S. Rohlioing Rd. (Route 53) Addison, IL 60101 | Items accepted are books in good condition, CDs with cases, eyeglasses, unused art supplies, LP records, keys and school supplies. |
| Sharing Connections 630-971-0565 www.sharingconnections.org/donate-items | 5111 Chase Ave Downers Grove | The list of items they will accept can be found on their website. |
| WIPECO / Chicago Textile Recycling Co, Inc. 708-544-7247 www.chicagotextilerecycling.com | 250 N Mannheim Rd., Unit 0162 Hillside, IL | Accept used clothing, shoes, household linens in recycling bins |
