Project Yard Sale 'N More

All money raised at the yard sales helps support the many projects Operation Wildcat oversees in its mission to help students and families in need. It is Operation Wildcat’s ONLY fundraiser.

Project Coordinator:

Maureen Ross, 717-773-1988, mmross4@comcast.net

Committee:

Margene Harper, Bill Richie, Kaleb Dissinger, Bud Beauverd, Scott Brechbiel, Kyle Haskins, Diane Koenig, Kristen Funk-Adleblute, Nora Gulden, Nadia Renoll, Kathy Wargo, Gail Perez, Jean Long, Susan Johnson, Gerry McCracken, Curt Sober and Meghan Hoff

Consignment Sales:

Kristin Funk-Adleblute, Nadia Renoll, Meghan Hoff, Gail Perez, and Nora Gulden

Spring Yard Sale Thanks

On a beautiful Spring week (finally!) Operation Wildcat held it latest yard sale at McBic! We always have a huge list of those to thank, but can’t go without a special shout-out to Kaleb Dissinger, Bill Richie, Curt Sober, Bud Beauverd, Kevin Donovan, and Johnny Wilson for transporting and unloading all the skids. To Pastor Lebo, the McBic congregation, and the awesome youth group – thank you for opening your doors for us to ‘move in’ for a few days. Thank you to Coach Heckard and the MASH football team for helping to carry in containers and boxes from the more than 44 skids of items. To Leslie Collins and the crew from AmeriChoice who set up over 80 tables - thank you for making the rooms ready to go as the boxes start rolling in! Thank you to members of the Lions Club and UA Women’s Club – your help was invaluable and so appreciated! To Bruce Barclay – thank you for continuing to believe in our mission and giving us the great warehouse space to both service our families with furniture and household items, as well as to collect and store the yard sale donations.

To the awesome yard sale committee – Kris Funk- Adleblute, Diane Koenig, Gail Perez, Margene Harper, Susan Johnson, Jean Long, Gerry McCracken, Nadia Renoll, Kathy Wargo, Nora Gulden, Meghan Hoff, and Janice Deveney – you continue to be the heart and soul of this project. Your dedication does not go unnoticed as the compliments keep rolling in from customers about how well organized, neat, and clean the items were! To all who volunteered over the course of 4 days – some new and many returning – thank you! Too many to name –but each and every one of you contributed to the success of the sale!

Eighteen years ago, we tossed around an idea of holding yard sales to raise funds for the projects OW supported. More than once, we were told that it will never work – or that it was too much work for too little return. Sometimes all you need is that little push to prove the nay-sayers wrong – along with great volunteers and a community that also believed it could be done.

And lastly, thank you to the Saturday clean-up crew – those who came in and added the ‘extra push’ at the end to get things done – Stephanie and Bruce Yerger, Rebecca Walsh, Susan Donovan, Janice Deveney and Nora Gulden.
New this year – we had one-of-a- kind creations from MASH high school students in Ms. Jacey Costello’s Family & Consumer Science class. They asked if they could come to the warehouse and pick out some lamps to ‘re-purpose’ with creative designs – and donate the money raised to OW! We received many compliments on the creativity of the lamps and the project itself!

Now the drum roll – the OW yard sale raised $20,597 (highest total to date) with the grand total raised since 2007 - $357,225!

Last, but not least, our wonderful MASH Life Skills students’ basket raffle and bake sale raised $647!
See you in October 2025. The OW warehouse is open every Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 PM. Keep cleaning out those closets, drawers, basements, garage – the warehouse is looking pretty empty right now 😊
Maureen

Next Yard Sale Date:

October 24-25, 2025

Warehouse - Hours for Donations

Address: 507 N York Street, Mechanicsburg 17055. Turn on to Pleasant View Drive. Make 1st left into parking lot- stay straight to dock door 1. Skids will be in the area of dock door #1.

The OW warehouse is accepting donations of yard sale and household items on most Saturdays 1-3pm and Sundays 1-3pm. Check calendar to ensure we are open before you come by.

At the present time (due to all the donations received and lack of space) we are NOT taking:
Clothing (may be dropped off in MMS lobby during school hours)
Furniture (must be pre-arranged with pictures first.)
Glassware – random cups/mugs - vases
exercise equipment
canister vacuums/ floor steamers/cleaners
Skis/ski equipment
Used Pillows (bed or decorative)
Stuffed animals (may be dropped off in MMS lobby in box for stuffed animals)
Grills
old tv sets/old stereo equipment
artificial Christmas trees (Contact Patti Herring for drop-off)
dehumidifiers
textbooks
VHS Tapes

Electrical items that need to be installed (No ceiling/wall lights, ceiling fans, etc. -unless NEW in box)
and items that have seen their day and need to be disposed of!
.

If you have furniture items to donate please contact Maureen at 717-773-1988, mmross4@comcast.net to make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up.

Questions? Call or email Maureen Ross at 717-773-1988 or mmross4@comcast.net

Tax receipts are available for all donations!

Thank you for continuing to help us support MASD.

PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF DONATIONS WHEN THE OW WAREHOUSE IS NOT OPEN!

Contact Maureen Ross 717-773-1988 mmross4@comcast.net with any questions

Yard Sale is looking for help in the following areas:

Yard Sale

Volunteers are needed to:

- Be at the warehouse to accept donations (times/days can be arranged according to volunteers schedule)

- Work at the warehouse sorting, organizing and pricing the items for the sale. Pricing is not a hard as everyone makes it out to be – it will all be explained. (Time/days can be arranged according to volunteers’ schedule)

- Help at the yard sale from Wednesday through Saturday (not the entire time!) to learn all that goes into setting up/tearing down the sale.

So what Operation Wildcat does with all the money raised? Check out OW Year in Review. Check out the OW website at https://www.operationwildcat.org/ to learn all about what OW does to support MASD families in need, how you can help, and how you can get assistance if needed.

P.S. We are always looking for volunteers – if you’re interested in helping with the yard sale or have questions about donating, please call or email Maureen at 717-773-1988, mmross4@comcast.net.

Thank you. Maureen Ross