Date:
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Time: 9:30am - 1:30pm
Place: St. Paul’s Center in Augusta
Volunteer & Seller Registration must be in by July 8th!
HOME's 2005 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! We are already planning 2007's sale and look forward to seeing you there. The rules and sales tags will stay the same as last year. (If you sold in the 2005 sale and will be participating in the 2006 sale with items from the 2005 sale - please contact Debbie & Bruce before you begin retagging items for 2005.) Please help HOME by sharing information of the 2006 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.
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 two 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—HOME must have a Sellers Release signed by the friend. |
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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 30 from the Maine Turnpike (I-95), and
from the South take Exit 30-A 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 - 57 miles, Freeport - 38
miles, Boothbay Harbor - 36 miles, Camden - 42 miles, Bar Harbor
- 105 miles, Bangor - 76 miles.
HOME would like to thank you for your interest in participating in our Curriculum Sale 2006. 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 July 8, 2006 |
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A Participant Number (provided by HOME) |
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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) |
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A guesstimate of how many items you will be selling to be given to the coordinators. |
It is very important that the following instructions are followed when selling your items
Before the sale. . .
| You must register by July 8, 2006 and receive a Participant Number. |
| If you participated in the 2005 sale and are participating in the 2006 sale with items that were in the 2005 sale, please contact Bruce & Debbie 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 2005 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. You will receive the tags from all
sold items when we send you your check for the sales. 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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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
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This year, sales money and tags from your sold items will be sent to you within two weeks. No monies will be given out at the end of the sale. |
To register on line please
click here to reach the on line
registration.
If you prefer the forms below can be printed and mailed.
On Line registration click here.
Thank you for your desire to volunteer. Your desire to volunteer is the ONLY way HOME can have a Used Curriculum Sale, we rely upon your dedication to the homeschoolers in Maine. The deadline for volunteer registration is July 8, 2006. As a pre-registered volunteer, who has committed to working a total of 3 hours throughout the event, you will be allowed to shop early— one hour before the sale is open to the public at the Volunteer Sale. YOU will have the first choice of items. ONLY pre-registered volunteers, working a total of 3 hours or more, are allowed the opportunity to shop at the Volunteer Sale. We have a limited number of volunteer slots to fill, if you desire to volunteer and be a part of the Volunteer Sale, you will want to register early! We have a great need for teens to volunteer on Friday from 9am - 4pm and Saturday after 1:30pm to help carry boxes of books, help with set up, and take down. If you have good strong teens we would greatly appreciate their help in serving other homeschoolers for several hours during these two days!
HOME Requirements to volunteer. . .
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a desire to serve others |
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a willingness to work hard |
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ability to smile, even though you are tired! |
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appropriate clothing—you will probably get dirty! |
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bring your own meals |
We will need volunteers on Friday to. . .
| carry boxes of books, help collect, sort, distribute, set up, and organize books |
We will need volunteers on Saturday to. . .
| sort, distribute, and organize books, help direct shoppers and assist those with needs, keep books neat and in their assigned areas, assist with breakdown and clean up, and carry boxes of books. |
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Please
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To volunteer on line
click here.
You may also print the following form and mail it in.
Questions? Contact: Bruce & Debbie Foss, 40 Curtis Rd., Freeport, Me 04032 (207)865-4007 or Debbie@homeschoolersofmaine.org
