Countdown to the sale
Date:
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Time: 9:30am - 1:30pm
Place: St. Paul’s Center in Augusta
Volunteer & Seller Registration must be in by June 1st!
HOME's 2007 Used Curriculum Sale was a huge success! It was wonderful to have so many dedicated volunteers who helped the sale go so smoothly! The new sales tags and check out procedure allowed buyers to move through the check out line within 10 minutes! This year's sale is coming soon and we look forward to seeing you there. The rules and sales tags will stay the same as last year. (If you sold in the 2007 sale and will be participating in the 2008 sale with items from the 2007 sale - please contact the HOME office before you begin retagging items for 2008.) Please help HOME by sharing information of the 2008 Used Curriculum Sale with your friends, and plan to participate as a seller, a buyer or both! HOME will be holding a Getting Started Workshop at the sale, and The Heart of HOME Bookstore will also be at the sale!
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Sale Tags (these are new and must be used!) |
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Click here for a PDF file of the Used Curriculum Sales Information.
The HOME Used Curriculum Sale provides a great
opportunity for homeschooling families to save money and recycle items that
are no longer being used. This can be such a blessing to those trying to
stay within a tight, one-income family budget! Even so, there may be some
families who are in need of a greater blessing. If you or someone you know
needs help with curriculum purchases, please contact the HOME Office in
writing. We may be able to offer some assistance at our Used Curriculum
Sale. Please submit a letter explaining your situation. Do not call. You
will be notified regarding your eligibility. Send your letter to the HOME
Office, no later than June 1, 2008.
To purchase items at the sale. . .
. . . you may use a check or cash, we are not equipped for credit cards
. . . bring sturdy bags in which to carry your purchases
. . . wear comfortable shoes and clothing
. . . bring a list of needed curriculum
. . . You will have 4 hours to shop. This will be an intensive time of shopping. You will find it easier to concentrate if you can make childcare arrangements for your children.
We would like to point out IMPORTANT information for the Used Curriculum:
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Location—St. Paul’s Center in Augusta |
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New format from years past—no long lists of books that must be sent to us! |
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Sales tags—you MUST use copies of our new Curriculum Sales Tag. |
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Sales money will be sent within three weeks to the seller. We will NOT be giving out money at the sales. |
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You may bring a friend’s items to sell—All sellers must have their own participant number. Numbers may not be shared by more than one seller. - HOME must have a Sellers Release signed by each seller. |
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You will have 4 hours to shop—this will be an intensive time of shopping. You will find it easier to concentrate if you can make childcare arrangements for your children. |
Directions
to the St. Paul Center in Augusta
From the North take Exit 109A from the Maine Turnpike (I-95), and
from the South take Exit 109 onto Western Avenue. Drive
approximately one mile to the rotary (traffic circle). Continue
3/4 around the circle to a one-way road. Take the left fork to
State Street. Make a right turn onto State Street. The parking
lot entrance to the Center is on the left (before you reach
Green Street).
Driving Distances: Kittery - 105 miles, Freeport - 39
miles, Boothbay Harbor - 36 miles, Camden - 42 miles, Bar Harbor
- 123 miles, Bangor - 77 miles.
HOME would like to thank you for your interest in participating in our Curriculum Sale 2008. The used curriculum sale is a highlight for many homeschoolers in Maine and it is an easy way for you to support Homeschoolers of Maine. It is also an easy method to support HOME. Your participation as a seller is crucial to the event’s success. Your used books and educational materials may be just what another homeschooler needs! HOME will keep 20% of your sales to help finance the ministry to Maine homeschoolers. Please be sure to read over the instructions for selling as they have changed a great deal from past years.
To participate you will need:
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To Register by June 1, 2008 |
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A Participant Number (provided by HOME) Participant numbers may not be shared by more than 1 person. |
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HOME Used Curriculum Sale Tags properly filled in with your information (You must use a copy of these tags!) |
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A pen with black or blue ink. (please no crayons) Please be careful to write legibly. |
It is very important that the following instructions are followed when selling your items
Before the sale. . .
| You must register by June 1, 2008 and receive a Participant Number. |
| If you participated in the 2007 sale and are participating in the 2008 sale with items that were in the 2007 sale, please contact the HOME office before you retag your items - we can save you time! |
| You must tag your own items before delivering them to the sale. |
| You must remove all old stickers from previous sales before putting on your new tags, except for tags from the 2007 sale - see above. (Check for old prices on the inside of the cover also.) |
| You Must use a copy of the HOME Used Curriculum Sales Tag. We recommend you
copy the tags several times, write in all the information
which will be the same on a number of tags (such as
participant number, category, price, etc.) and then make as
many copies as you need. (Each item will need two tags.) On
the tag you will write the participant number, price, grade,
category, and title. Tape a tag on the upper right hand
corner of the front cover, and
 a duplicate tag on the inside
front cover. Please adhere
them with scotch tape on the vertical edges. (See example
above, right.) (Duplicate tags identify an owner if the
outside tag comes off. We cannot sell items that do not
have tags! The tags are the only record we will have
of the item you are selling.) When an item is purchased,
the tag on the front cover will be cut off and used as
verification of the sale. Please
write with blue or black ink, not crayon or markers, and
please do not let the children help unless they are very
neat and their writing is legible. |
| For non-book items please tape two tags to each item. Games and Manipulatives that have little pieces need to be in Ziploc bags. |
The sale categories to list on the tags are:
| Art | Bible |
CD’s & Videos |
| Foreign Languages | Games | Geography |
| Grammar | Health | High School |
| History | Home Ec. | Language Arts |
| Literature | Manipulatives | Math |
| Music | Phys Ed. | Pleasure Reading |
| Reading & Phonics | Reference Books | Science |
| Spelling & Vocabulary | Unit Studies | Complete Curriculum |
| Miscellaneous |
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When selling a set of materials, please tape a completed tag on each item. (The selling price will be for the set , not each item as if sold individually.) Fill in the # __ of ___. (For example, if the set has three items in it, you would fill in #1 of 3 for the first item in the set, #2 of 3, for the second, and #3 of 3 for the last item. You need to bind them together with heavy elastics. (Please put an elastics on vertically and horizontally.) |
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Please be sure the selling price you give to an item is the correct price you desire on it. We will not have time for price changes at the sale. |
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It is your responsibility to keep track of the items you are selling. This year we will have no records of the items you are placing in the sale. |
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Please sign the Sellers Release and send with your registration or bring to the sale. We MUST have the Sellers Release in order to put your items into the sale. |
At the Sale . . .
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Please follow the signs to the sale room to deliver your items. On Friday you may deliver your items from 8am to 6pm. |
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Please bring your Sellers Release (see below) signed, and give to the Used Curriculum worker at the Sign In Table. You MUST check in with one of the Used Curriculum workers when delivering your items. |
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If you are bringing a large quantity of items you may be asked to help distribute the items to the various tables. Also, with large quantities of items (over 100 pieces) it would be very helpful if you would separate your items into categories. (I. e. science in one box, reading materials in another, etc.) |
After the Sale . . .
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At the end of the sale Saturday, please pick up your unsold items, they will be ready at 3:30pm and must be picked up no later than 4pm. |
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Please return at 2:30 to assist in packing your own unsold items. (This will help avoid mixups) |
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You may arrange for someone else to pick up your unsold books if you are unable to pick them up after the sale. |
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HOME cannot send or deliver them to you. |
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If you do not arrive by the end of the pickup time, your unsold items will be considered a donation to HOME. |
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Due to new postal regulations, tags from your sold items will *not* be mailed to you this year. HOME will keep the tags on file for six weeks after the sale (until July 21), should there be any questions. After that time, the tags will be discarded. Money from the sale of your items will be mailed to you by check within three weeks of the sale. No monies will be given out at the end of the sale day." |
