[Communications] [Resources] Suggested wording for Swap Table for your consideration

[Mamie Gray]

Hello! I do not think that an honor code/system is appropriate for donated
garden prizes. Yes, placing all items on a table would require minimum
effort. I was under the impression that garden-type, related prizes would
substitute for door prizes as done in the past. The emails that I have
received on this subject are about how much “fun” it is to participate in
the door prize event. If CCGA just don’t want to do the work required for a
drawing, I will volunteer. Please advise. Mamie

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 9:49 AM Lorraine Kells via Resources <
resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm submitting wording for FB and the website about the swap table, and
> would like to present this at the meeting tonight.  We can add info at ccga
> for questions, comments.
>
> As Julie suggested no tickets are necessary, just a volunteer or two at
> the table which would best be among the vendor/exhibitor tables.
>
>
> *CCGA steps into the ‘sharing economy’ with a Garden Goods Swap*
>
>
>
> Consumption trends are changing, and "gift exchange" – sharing items – is
> a way to live more economically. We think gardeners are experts at thrift
> exchange rather than trashing what they may no longer use.  We know that in
> nature there is no concept of waste, simply something in the wrong place.
>
>
>
> Bring your gently used, clean, garden related item – whether a pair of
> gloves, a hand tool, a rake or shovel, gardening book or unused journal, a
> small plaque, a potted herb, a clay pot – anything you’d like to swap at
> our conference. We’ll have a table set up for this garden goods swap.
> Anyone who brings something can take something in exchange.  Swap as often
> as you see something put on the table, but always leave something.   It's
> best to bring an item that can be carried easily, no lawnmowers or compost
> bins at the table.  When you choose an item it must be taken from
> the table, our volunteers cannot hold items for you.
>
>
> All items left at the end of the conference will be given to a  charitable
> donation organizatio. Anything that is recyclable will be recycled.
>
>
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