For a few years now, for my local Buy Nothing group, I help organize a regularly-scheduled free Swap Meet, or rather Meet-up, a physical event where people meet in the flesh, to give away items or take free items. The group is fortunate to have the support of the local public library, Ulmer Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library. Because most of us work during the week and the library isn't open on Sundays, all the events so far are on Saturdays. Some members, however, work Saturdays so they could rarely attend the event, unless they take the day off or not feeling well enough to work but can take a break from being out sick.
Through working with staff at Councilman William Colton, I was recently able to find a place that opens on Sunday which agreed to host us. It's the Chinese American Social Service Center, or CASS, at 124 Avenue O. It's a smaller place and not local to Bath Beach and Gravesend, but it's not far either. Hopefully the usual crowd from the Buy Nothing group will attend, especially those who worked Saturdays. Depends on how things go, maybe we will have it regularly, say, every other month. We are already doing the library event every other month, CASS can fill in the gap.
Come attend the event! Donate some portable, clean, unbroken stuff, take some, do both, or do neither, we are flexible. Even better, come volunteer your time to help sort the donated items, to help keep things tidy, or to load stuff into the St. Mary's Church van that is scheduled for a 3 PMish pickup.
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