Earth Festival to Feature Spring Cleaning Tag Sale

MILFORD, NY (04/03/2012)(readMedia)-- In the spirit of reuse, re-gift, and recycle, community members are invited to sell gently used household goods, clothing, books, toys, crafts, and small furniture pieces at the Spring Cleaning Sale and Swap on Saturday, April 14 at Milford Central School. This event, held in conjunction with Earth Festival 2012 and Spring Garden Day, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Individuals, families and service organizations are all welcome to participate in the sale. Tables/spaces are available to rent for $10 each and pre-registration by Thursday, April 12 is required. A special feature of this event will be the Spring Swap table, where everyone – whether tag sale participant or Earth Festival attendee – is invited to donate one item between 9 a.m. and noon and then may revisit the table after noon, if they like, to select an item in return. Unclaimed Spring Swap merchandise will be donated to the Otsego County Conservation Association for its "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" Garage Sale later in the month. Upon special arrangement, unsold tag sale merchandise may also be donated to OCCA.

Co-sponsored by OCCA and WildLearn.com, Earth Festival is an environmentally-focused, interactive, free event featuring exhibits, activities, vendors and entertainment, all with a fun, earth-friendly twist.

Spring Garden Day, hosted by the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties, is being held in conjunction with Earth Festival from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Fabulous Beekman Boys – Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge – will kick off Spring Garden Day with a presentation on heirloom seeds, which is free and open to the public. There is a fee for workshop participants, and pre-registration is required. For more information, visit http://occainfo.org/documents/SpringGardenDayflyerwBeekmans.pdf.

To reserve one or more tables at the Spring Cleaning Sale and Swap, e-mail admin@occainfo.org or contact Lori Solensten at (607) 435-4658 or via e-mail at solensten@aol.com.