TAKE CONTROL & FREE YOUR MIND…….

Step-by-Step Guide to hosting a Rummage for RESOLVE!

“Clear clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home -- and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire,”

Marie Kondo, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

1. Free yourself of clutter! Get rid of “STUFF”….. old clothing, books, dishes, glasses, knickknacks, lawn and garden tools, video games, anything you no longer want or need cluttering your life. Take Control!

2. Get ready to have fun with friends and family!

They need to declutter too!

3. Select a date that works for you.

4. Spread the word about your Rummage for RESOLVE

(Sample tools: signs, emails, and Rummage checklist, etc., can be downloaded from RESOLVE’s website, www.resolve.org/rummage):

a. Post on Facebook

b. Signs in neighborhood, library, schools, supermarkets

c. Ad in your local paper

d. Send emails (download samples from RESOLVE’s website)

5. Gather your items for sale. Include friends, neighbors and family…

...benefit RESOLVE and leap into Spring cleaning!

6. The night before:

a. Price your items for sale

b. Or if you prefer, just list “Item is donation amount of your choice”

c. You may want to post signs that all proceeds will be donated to RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association Nonprofit Charity – people’s willingness to spend will increase!

7. Celebrate your freedom from clutter and send proceeds via check to RESOLVE,

7918 Jones Branch Dr., Suite 300 McLean, VA 22102 or online at www.resolve.org/rummage

8. Questions along the way??? Ask Christine Libonati at

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9. Thank you prize for highest fundraiser with proceeds received by June 30, 2016:

Ø $100 gift certificate donated by Container Store

Ø autographed copy of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

Ø fundraiser appreciation interview published on RESOLVE website

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit corporation with federal ID #23-7413696. Contributions are tax-deductible as described by law.