Donations needed for MOPS/Mary's Place

Hello Moms,

Our NCPC MOPS groups is having a  fundraiser with the Just Between Friends Consignment Sale happening in Mill Creek Friday December 7th, and Saturday December 8th. The sale will be held at the Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek at 4326 148th street Southeast (just off Seattle Hill road). The website for the sale is http://www.lynnwood.jbfsale.com/.

For those of you not familiar with Just Between Friends (JBF) they are a national organization who host large scale consignment sales across the country multiple times a year. At these events, consignors bring their new and gently-used children's and maternity merchandise to sell. Shoppers can then browse and purchase these items at great savings, usually far below retail prices. Consignors set their price for the items they are selling and then make 60-70% of what they sell. Consignors can choose to get items back that don't sell, or the organization donates the items to local charities. You can look up their national site at www.jbfsales.com .

The upcoming Mill Creek Sale is a bit unique in that it is a Toy and Baby Equipment Sale only. Just in time for the holidays. I have been in contact with the organizer and as we are a non profit organization, she will compensate us 80% of what we sell. We in exchange have to provide 2-4 volunteers to work a combined total of 8 hours at the sale.

What we need from our families are a good supply of gently used (and working) toys and baby equipment that your kids (and more likely you moms) are open to parting with. This is just in time for clearing out space in preparation for the influx of items that may be coming at Christmas. You can bring your donations to Brooke Yule's house any time, just call Brooke at  206-795-1504 or email her at beyule@earthlink.net
We can store the items in my garage and my husband and I will drop off the items at the Sale Set up between December 2nd and December 5th. Any items not sold, we will pick up and donate to Mary's Place, our MOPS outreach organization.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families. We all have much to be thankful for.
Blessings!

JBF Consignment Ideas (just ideas to get you brainstorming)

 

Equipment:

 

Baby Carriers

Baby Swings

Bassinets

Booster Seat/High Chair Seat

Bouncy Seat

Bumbos

Co-Sleeper

Exersaucer

Gyms/Playmats

Infant Car Seat w/Base

Strollers

Jogging Strollers

Jumparoo

Port-a-Crib/Playpen

 

Furniture

Crib

Changing Table

Toddler Bed

Dresser

Gliders

Book Shelve

Hamper

 

Books

Board Book(s)

Cloth Book(s)

Hardcover Book(s)

Soft Cover Book(s)

Chapter Book(s)

Set of Book(s) - Series

Parenting/Maternity Book(s)

Home Schooling Curriculum/Educational

Books with Sound

Book/CD Sets

 

Movies/Music (G-PG13 ONLY!!!!)

DVD's

CD's

VHS's

Computer Games

 

 

 

Puzzles

Wooden Puzzle

Floor Puzzle

Jigsaw Puzzles

Foam Puzzle

 

Toys

Dolls

Doll Accessories

Stuffed Animals

Kitchen Dishes/Food

Barbie

Doll Clothes

Barbie Clothes

Barbie House

Doll House Sets

Cash Register

Cars

Trucks

Action Figures

Legos

Lincoln Logs

Play Mobiles

Blocks

 

Toddler Toys

Piano

Shape Sorter

Little People Set

Play Phone

Pull Toys

 

Games (**Please make sure all pieces are with games & are working!!!!)

Memory Games

Youth Games

Motorized Games

Adult Games

Card Games

 

Large Toys

Tricycle

Bicycle

Basket Ball/T-Ball Sets

Activity Table (ie Thomas the Train)

Electronic Robot

Electronic Ride on Toys (Batteries must be with toy & working)

Cozy Coupe

Toy Box

Play Kitchen

Desk

Wagon

Picnic Table

Slide

Playhouse

Swing Set

Sandbox

Furniture (table/Chairs, etc - plastic or wood)

Anyway Chair/Soft Furniture

Bike Carrier

Bike Trailer

 

Sporting Goods

Skate Board/Roller Skates

Helmet/Padding

Balls

Sporting Equipment

 

Electronics - MUST BE IN WORKING ORDER & WITH BATTERIES!

Toddler/Child TV Systems

Toddler/Child Readers

Wii

X-Box

Play Station

PSP

Individual Games

Karaoke System

A word about LICE

A Note from your classroom about ……. LICE!

 

A child in our Nursery has been exposed to lice.  The classroom has been cleaned and disinfected, but you should check your child for lice, in case there was any direct head to head contact.

 

Itchy, scratchy, creepy, crawly. It’s unsettling to have these creatures take up residence in your

family, but it’s important to remember a few facts about lice: Lice can’t jump or fly from head to

head; You can’t catch lice from your pet; Lice don’t spread disease; Lice like clean hair just as

much as dirty hair; 6 – 12 million people get head lice every year.

Lice are tiny insects that live in human hair. They are about the size of a sesame seed and have

light and dark areas on their bodies that help them blend into hair. Their eggs, called nits, are even

smaller and attach themselves to hair strands with very strong glue. About 12 days after the nits

hatch, they can lay up to 10 eggs a day till they die at about 28 days.

 

Lice are most frequently spread from direct head to head contact and sometimes through shared combs or hats. Most often, “outbreaks” of lice occur after close head to head contact such as during sleepovers. Lice generally won’t live more than 24 hours off a human head and usually

cannot lay eggs if they are off the head.

 

INSPECT FOR LICE: To check for lice, use a magnifying glass in bright light or sunlight. Inspect

the hair in layers especially above the ears and the back of the neck where lice like to live. Look for

lice on the scalp and the “sesame seed” nits attached to hair. Sometimes hairspray, dandruff or dirt

look like lice or nits, but they can be flicked out of the hair easily. Nits are firmly attached and feel

like tiny grains of sand stuck to the hair. Nits that are more than ¼ inch from the scalp are generally

empty eggs or dead.

 

TREATING LICE: Pesticides to get rid of lice have serious side effects. Some have not been tested

for safety on children. People with cuts or sores on their scalp should not use pesticides. Pregnant

or nursing mothers, children under two and people with chronic health conditions should NOT use

pesticides to remove lice. Sometimes pesticides don’t work as lice are immune to them.

An immobilizing gel or inexpensive hair conditioner which keeps the lice from moving about on the

head combined with daily combing using a metal, fine toothed comb is the safest and most

effective way to remove lice. Combing and nitpicking daily for three weeks will prevent nits from

hatching and re-infesting the head with lice. Good effects have been shown from drying the hair

with a hair dryer at a comfortable temperature for 30 minutes which kills up to 88% of lice and nits.

Researchers feel the dry air is what kills the lice more than the heat. DO NOT use hairdryers with

head lice shampoos as the shampoos are flammable.

 

LICE PREVENTION: To prevent lice infestations, Avoid head-to-head (hair-to-hair) contact. Do not

share clothing such as hats, scarves, coats, sports uniforms, hair ribbons, or barrettes. Girls may

want to put their hair back in ponytails or braids. Using pesticides cannot prevent future lice

outbreaks. Parents should periodically check their children’s scalp for lice and nits and especially

with excessive head scratching.

 

For more information:

http://www.cdc.gov/lice/head/schools.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/headlice/flow.html

http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;110/3/638#SEC9

http://www.snohd.org/snoLiceArentNice/index.htm#