Junktique Sale

MESSAGE FROM MARIE HUELLEWIG, OUR JUNKTIQUE COORDINATOR

In the spring of 1995, Father Leo Spezia put a notice in the bulletin asking for volunteers to help organize a yard sale. I waited a couple of weeks before I contacted him, thinking someone had already volunteered to organize the event. When I told him I was willing to help whoever was organizing it, his response was, "Great, you are in charge; no one else volunteered." He said I could do whatever I wanted to get the sale organized, and he had already set the date for Saturday, August 3, 1995.

We were to set up in the grass area (which is now blacktop). The sale was going great, but the temperature for that day reached 103 degrees. It got very hot in the sun during that afternoon, but we hung in there so we could keep selling. Father Leo wanted to clear out things that were stored around the parish, which included school desks and other items from the school and church. We sold approximately 50 to 60 desks that day, along with most of the other treasures. Father Leo was pleased with the success of the sale, considering how hot it got in the afternoon. Several weeks later, he asked me if I would be interested in organizing another sale in 1996.

I told him I would, but only if he agreed to two requests that I had:
1. It cannot be in August; I want it in April.
2. It must be inside the Social Hall. (He agreed.)

Over the years, it went from a one-day sale, preparing only very early that morning, to preparing and selling over several days.

2025 marked the 30th year of the Junktique Sale and my privilege to organize it. I owe its success to the incredible support of volunteers and generous donations from the parishioners of St. Patrick.