WHY A YARD SALE

The stuff you no longer need can help create a future without breast cancer

Yard Sale for the Cure is a series of yard sales that take place in selected neighbourhoods across Canada on May 29th, 2010 in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Participating individuals help raise money for breast cancer research, awareness and education by hosting a yard sale, by shopping a yard sale in their community, or by volunteering. In 2005, the inaugural event was held in the Toronto Beaches and it was a huge success, raising $45,000 and bringing community members together for this important cause. Yard Sale for the Cure is widely publicized and advertised attracting people to shop yard sales in their community. Now a growing number of people from across Canada are hosting yard sales on May 29th, 2010 across the country to make real change happen. To date, Yard Sale for the Cure has raised over $650,000.

Yard Sale for the Cure is the perfect way to spend a Saturday and help make real change happen!

It’s fun, simple, and everyone involved benefits.

• Register your yard sale, or mark the date in your calendar to shop. You pay a small registration fee of $25 online to get your yard sale kit (which includes a lawn sign, T-shirt, pink balloons, posters, information card and registration in our shopping services mapping system)
  
• On May 29th, 2010, you host a yard sale to get rid of all the stuff you no longer need, or you go out and shop for bargains, treasures and stuff you do need - all the while helping to create a future without breast cancer.

• You choose how much you want to donate and click on the donate button. You’ll get an automatic charitable receipt.