Student marketplace

First ever campus-wide yard sale kicks off May 4 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Yard sale season has begun across the country according to home organizing consultant, Geralin Thomas, and Liberty University has joined the movement.

The first annual Community Yard Sale is taking place on Reading Day, Wednesday May 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Vines Center lawn.

Stephanie Ward, director of Student Activities, came up with the idea of the yard sale event.

“Who doesn’t love a good yard sale?” Ward said. “It is such a perfect event for the end
of the year.”

This event gives students the chance to sell and buy items before packing up to return to their homes for the summer months.

It is a great opportunity to help lighten that load of unwanted items and at the same time make a little extra money, according to the student activities website.

According to Erin Diaz, event supervisor for student activities, there can be up to 40 vendors at the event.

All vendors must reserve a table for $10 by going to the student activities home page and choosing Community Yard Sale.

Once on that page, students need to click the register button to complete the process of registration and secure a table for the event.

Vendors must be either a current liberty student, faculty, or staff member in order to reserve a table for the day.

There is a limit of one table to each vendor and only that space and the ground directly in front of the table may be used.

Tables can be shared by friends or roommates just as long as the table is reserved. The event is open to the public.

Items are expected to be consistent with typical yard sale objects including clothing, old books and furniture.

“We are pretty open with what can be sold,” Diaz said. “Obviously there cannot be anything that goes against the Liberty Way.”

This leaves room for plenty of items that are permissible and encouraged to be sold.

Prices are left up to the vendor, which leaves room for negotiation.

Also 42 percent of yard sale shoppers come expecting to negotiate the prices according to statisticbrain.com.

This number should encourage vendors to bring as many items as possible and for buyers to come ready get some great deals.

“We have no idea how many people will be there since this is our first time, but we are hoping for as many as possible,” Diaz said.

No food or drink items may be sold by vendors, as Mama Crockett’s and Golf Park Coffee Co. will be there to provide refreshments.

All vendors will accept cash, and some may be able to accept credit cards.

If interested in becoming a vendor, visit to register and reserve a table.

whittaker is a feature reporter.