Tiger Treasures will sell donated items May 31
May 9, 2008
As students move out for the summer, they can disregard the dumpster and donate their discarded belongings for a good cause.
The Tiger Treasures rummage sale will sell students’ discarded furniture, clothing, electronics and other goods to benefit local charities.
The sale will be Saturday, May 31, at Faurot Field.
Coordinators will set up drop-off boxes in residence hall lobbies and in the Residential Life student apartments and some Greek houses, Solid Waste and Recycling Coordinator Steve Burdic said.
Last year, students donated 15 tons of goods for resale, Burdic said.
This year, he said he anticipates much more.
“The generosity of the students is key to making this happen,” Burdic said. “They know that just because they don’t want it anymore, there’s still some value to it, and so they donate it. It’s a really great thing, and we’re really proud of them.”
The sale could include furniture, area rugs, carpets, household appliances including lamps and clocks, computers, televisions, printers, top-brand-label clothing, shoes and accessories, box springs, mattresses, blankets, toys, bicycles, backpacks, skateboards, CDs, DVDs and computer games, the news release stated.
The sale offers more than just a chance to bargain shop. Proceeds are donated to five local United Way agencies: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Meals on Wheels, Phoenix Programs, The Salvation Army and Voluntary Action Center.
In addition, the sale is a great way to promote recycling, former Sustain Mizzou President Ben Datema said.
“Everything that is resold through Tiger Treasures would otherwise be going to landfills and the dumpsters,” he said. “A lot of things have life left in them still. It’s a really great project to make sure all those possessions go back into the usability stream instead of the waste stream.”
The sale also protects the environment and saves MU hundreds of dollars in trash-hauling costs.
Burdic said Tiger Treasures is a community effort. MU Campus Facilities and Residential Life work together to organize the sale, and Intercollegiate Athletics provides use of Faurot Field. The City of Columbia provides containers to collect donations. Other volunteers, including members of Sustain Mizzou, will help set up.
Setting up for the sale is a long-term process, Datema said.
Volunteers from the United Way and others work “almost all day, every day” to sort, price and organize items, he added.
“It’s been a real group effort, a real community effort, and we’re really happy with it,” Burdic said. “People seem to enjoy doing it. We’ve got this really deep-seated garage sale, rummage sale mentality that runs through us all.”
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