History of the Naramata Garage Sale Day Clothing Drive:

 Are you a new Naramata Elementary parent? Not sure what the Garage Sale Day refers to?

  • Pre-2020, every year in April, Naramata hosts a massive Community-wide Garage Sale Day. Thrifters from all around the Okanagan converged on our little Village to seek out treasures in the spring sunshine. It was a GLORIOUS, fun day each spring. The highlight for many, on this day, was the annual Naramata Clothing Sale.

  • In the school gym, tables of sorted clothes were piled high, and deal-seekers were invited to come Fill-A-Bag for $5. This was an annual fundraiser for the PAC, and was a great service to local families.

  • Throughout the year, families would donate clothes to the school instead of bringing them into Penticton. Yanti Rowland, the force behind the annual sale, would organize Sort Party after Sort Party —- going through the bags, categorizing them, and having them all ready for the Big Day.

Fast forward to 2021: with the Garage Sale Day still not in sight, Yanti came up with a brilliant way of keeping the purpose alive: keeping Naramata clothes IN Naramata…..year round.
Introducing, the NARAMATA CLOTHES LIBRARY.