Summer Sale 2026 Event Schedule 

Located at Marlboro School, 2669 VT-9 in Marlboro, VT 

Donation Drop Off  - Friday, July 24, 9 am to 3 pm 

See the donation guidelines below

Summer Sale Times: 

Saturday July 25, 9 am to 3 pm

Treasurers, Clothing, Bake Sale

Sunday, July 26, 9 am to 1 pm - All remaining items are free, donations are gratefully accepted.

Sunday, July 26, 2-3 pm - Pick up any large items not taken

The clothing sale is in the Marlboro Outback (aka the gym), everything else happens outside under tents. 

Volunteers are needed on all three days of this important, joyful, annual fundraising event.  Sign up to volunteer.  

We need to fill multiple shifts on all 3 days:

• Friday from 8:30am-3:30 pm

• Saturday and Sunday from 8:30am-4pm

DONATION GUIDELINES

To ensure that only saleable items are donated, please do these two things when donating:

• Go through your items carefully at home before bringing them to the donation site. Remove everything that does not meet the guidelines below.

• Leave enough time to review your items with a Sale Volunteer before departing the drop off location. This review will happen in a clearly marked location either in the parking lot, or at the bottom of the driveway. 

We deeply appreciate your understanding and cooperation in making sure donated items follow the guidelines below. Why? Disposing of left-over items on Sunday is a tremendous amount of work for volunteers – almost as much as the sale itself – and expensive for the Marlboro Alliance.

We ACCEPT clean and usable… 

• Clothing

• Household goods

We can ACCEPT clean and usable, with CONDITIONS…

• Furniture: you must be willing to leave your contact information and agree to collect the item on Sunday after 4 pm if the item does not sell.

• Children’s games/toys: only in new/excellent condition with ALL the pieces 

• Electronics: less than two years old and fully functional OR antique/special interest  will be accepted at our discretion.

• Books:  we love books! But, we CANNOT ACCEPT travel, cookbooks, textbooks, magazines.

• Tools: must be in working condition.

We CANNOT ACCEPT:

• Any item listed above that is broken, damaged, missing pieces, or very dirty since we have no way to clean items before selling.

• Magazines, textbooks, travel

• Cookbooks older than 2 years

• General use electronics older than 2 years and/or less than 2 years old and not fully functional . Older electronics that could be considered collectible/antique or of special interest may be accepted. All electronics are accepted at our discretion.

• Strollers, Cribs, Children’s Bed Frames and Mattresses, Highchairs. It can be difficult to find homes for second hand children’s items because of safety and liability concerns. In 2024 the vast majority of these items donated were unclaimed and it took many volunteer hours/days to re-home/dispose of them. There are resources online for passing along children’s goods, strollers and car seats included. We encourage you to explore those avenues to donate your items.This is a very firm NO for the Summer Sale.

• Stuffed Animals. (Sorry!) Again, in 2024 the vast majority of the donated stuffies remained at the end of the sale and were thrown away (very difficult to donate used stuffies.)