Clothesline Sale: The Ultimate Sustainable Fundraiser

The Clothesline Sale is a 57-year-old tradition at Pembroke Hill School. The basic idea behind it is to collect the cast-offs of our school community and sell them at a massive sale to the Kansas City community. The concept may be old and (literally) dusty, but it couldn't be more relevant. It just might be the most environmentally sustainable fundraiser around.

Unwanted household items are given a new life. They are carefully sorted into sale departments or packed for delivery to local charities. The bags, boxes and packing material that come in with the items are saved and reused for delivery and storage. Used shopping bags are collected through a bag-drive. Paper, cardboard, plastic, and wire hangers are recycled. If the volunteers could find a way to re-use tape, they would do it!

  

Do your part for the most eco-friendly of fundraising efforts. Sign up to volunteer at clothesline@pembrokehill.org. Drop off your unwanted household items at the Wornall Campus on January 31st. Save your shopping bags and drop them in the entry boxes at the Early Childhood-, Intermediate-, Middle- or Upper School building. Shop the sale. The Clothesline Sale helps our Parents Association raise money, but even more important: it sets an example of sustainable fundraising -- reducing, reusing and recycling -- for our children and for our community.