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peace.love.swap. Peninsula


General Idea
 
To "Swap" your out-grown clothes for current size clothes.
Mission
The peace. love. swap. mission: to keep gently used baby, kid and maternity items out of landfills, and to donate to local charities, by providing communities with a place to meet, play and swap their gently used items.
Description
We are a one of a kind organization that produces ongoing kids’ swaps. These swaps are, at the core, moms getting together with other moms and exchanging their kids’ stuff. 

These swaps are great for the community AND the venues that host/sponsor us because (1) we’re green, (2) we’re fun and (3) we’re philanthropic! We bring the moms (anywhere from 50+ per event), they bring clothing, toys and kids’ gear they want to swap! They drop off their items to be organized and then they enjoy vendors’ tables and raffle prizes giveaways while my volunteers and I organize everything. When it’s all ready, moms come back to the swap area and pick-up the things that they need. After the event the majority of items go to our local charities and local families in need. It’s a WIN-WIN-WIN!

I would love to tell you more about it - if you have a minute, maybe you could check out the website to see how it works and look at the pictures or feel free to call me if you have any questions!
 
 
What your registration fee gets you: 
• Entrance into our August 17, 2013 event 
• FREE Swag bag (goodie bag) - to the first 20 people that register 
• Craft/Activity for you little one while you swap/shop 
• FREE OFFICIAL p.l.s. Peninsula swap/shop bag (only official pls bags will be allowed for swapping/shopping) 

On the day of the event: 
• Please show up to event between 9:00am and 10am 
• Head to the registration desk to sign-in and get your color assignment band, your Official pls shopping bag and if you were one of the first 20 people to pre-register you will also receive your swag bag filled with goodies 
• After signing in head to the swapper drop off table to drop off the item(s) you brought 
• After drop off you will have between half hour and an hour to stop by and visit our vendors 
• Once your color has been called you will be allowed on the swap floor for between 15 and 20 minutes 
o At this time go through the swap floor and shop for the items you NEED, once you fill your bag please head to the exit of the floor 
o When your time is up please head to the exit of the floor 
• The next group will then be called 
• If you would like to swap/shop again – empty your bag at your vehicle then visit with the vendors again until your color is called for the second time 
• Swap will end after all groups have had the chance to go through at least two (2) times or when the time reaches 12:30pm 
• At 12:30pm the swap floor will close 
• At 1pm the vendor area will close