HOME's Used Curriculum Sale!

Be a participant! Sell or buy at this year's used curriculum event!

Countdown to the sale

Date:   Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time:  9:30am - 1:00pm
Place: St. Paul’s Center in Augusta

Volunteer & Seller Registration must be in by June 1st!

HOME's 2008 Used Curriculum Sale was a huge success! It was wonderful to have so many dedicated volunteers who helped the sale go so smoothly! The new sales tags and check out procedure allowed buyers to move through the check out line within 10 minutes!  This year's sale is coming soon and we look forward to seeing you there. The rules and sales tags will stay the same as last year. (If you participated in the 2008 sale and are participating in the 2009 sale with items that were in the 2008 sale, you will need to retag your items with the current year tags to eliminate loss of tags due to age.)  Please help HOME by sharing information of the 2009 Used Curriculum Sale with your friends, and plan to participate as a seller, a buyer or both!  HOME will be holding a Getting Started Workshop at the sale, and The Heart of HOME Bookstore will also be at the sale!

• Used Curriculum Scholarships

• Buyer Information

• Important Information

• Driving Directions

• Questions?

• Sellers Information

• Sale Tags (these are new and must be used!)

• Volunteer Information

• Sellers Register Online

• Seller - Print & Mail Registration

• Volunteers Register Online

• Volunteer - Print & Mail Registration

The HOME Used Curriculum Sale provides a great opportunity for homeschooling families to save money and recycle items that are no longer being used. This can be such a blessing to those trying to stay within a tight, one-income family budget! Even so, there may be some families who are in need of a greater blessing. If you or someone you know needs help with curriculum purchases, please contact the HOME Office in writing. We may be able to offer some assistance at our Used Curriculum Sale. Please submit a letter explaining your situation. Do not call. You will be notified regarding your eligibility. Send your letter to the HOME Office, no later than June 1, 2009.
 

To purchase items at the sale. . .

. . . you may use a check or cash, we are not equipped for credit cards
. . . bring sturdy bags in which to carry your purchases
. . . wear comfortable shoes and clothing
. . . bring a list of needed curriculum
. . . You will have 3 1/2 hours to shop. This will be an intensive time of shopping. You will find it easier to concentrate if you can make childcare arrangements for your children.

We would like to point out IMPORTANT information for the Used Curriculum:

• Location—St. Paul’s Center in Augusta

• New format from years past—no long lists of books that must be sent to us!

• Sales tags—you MUST use copies of our new Curriculum Sales Tag.

• Sales money will be sent within three weeks to the seller. We will NOT be giving out money at the sales.

• You may bring a friend’s items to sell—All sellers must have their own participant number. Numbers may not be shared by more than one seller. - HOME must have a Sellers Release signed by each seller.

• You will have 3 1/2 hours to shop—this will be an intensive time of shopping. You will find it easier to concentrate if you can make childcare arrangements for your children.

Directions to the St. Paul Center in Augusta
From the North take Exit 109A from the Maine Turnpike (I-95), and from the South take Exit 109 onto Western Avenue. Drive approximately one mile to the rotary (traffic circle). Continue 3/4 around the circle to a one-way road. Take the left fork to State Street. Make a right turn onto State Street. The parking lot entrance to the Center is on the left (before you reach Green Street).

Driving Distances: Kittery - 105 miles, Freeport - 39 miles, Boothbay Harbor - 36 miles, Camden - 42 miles, Bar Harbor - 123 miles, Bangor - 77 miles.

Sellers Information

HOME would like to thank you for your interest in participating in our Curriculum Sale 2009. The used curriculum sale is a highlight for many homeschoolers in Maine and it is an easy way for you to support Homeschoolers of Maine. It is also an easy method to support HOME. Your participation as a seller is crucial to the event’s success. Your used books and educational materials may be just what another homeschooler needs! HOME will keep 20% of your sales to help finance the ministry to Maine homeschoolers. Please be sure to read over the instructions for selling as they have changed a great deal from past years.

To participate you will need:

• To Register by June 1, 2009

• A Participant Number (provided by HOME) Participant numbers may not be shared by more than 1 person.

• HOME Used Curriculum Sale Tags properly filled in with your information (You must use a copy of these tags!)

• A pen with black or blue ink. (please no crayons) Please be careful to write legibly.

It is very important that the following instructions are followed when selling your items

Before the sale. . .

• You must register by June 1, 2009 and receive a Participant Number.
• If you participated in the 2008 sale and are participating in the 2009 sale with items that were in the 2008 sale, you will need to retag your items with the current year tags to eliminate loss of tags due to age.
• You must tag your own items before delivering them to the sale.
• You must remove all old stickers from previous sales before putting on your new tags. (Check for old prices on the inside of the cover also.)
• You Must use a copy of the HOME Used Curriculum Sales Tag.  We recommend you copy the tags several times, write in all the information which will be the same on a number of tags (such as participant number, category, price, etc.) and then make as many copies as you need. (Each item will need two tags.) On the tag you will write the participant number, price, grade, category, and title. Tape a tag on the upper right hand corner of the front cover, and a duplicate tag on the inside front cover. Please adhere them with scotch tape on the vertical edges. (See example above, right.) (Duplicate tags identify an owner if the outside tag comes off. We cannot sell items that do not have tags! The tags are the only record we will have of the item you are selling.) When an item is purchased, the tag on the front cover will be cut off and used as verification of the sale. Please write with blue or black ink, not crayon or markers, and please do not let the children help unless they are very neat and their writing is legible.
• For non-book items please tape two tags to each item. Games and Manipulatives that have little pieces need to be in Ziploc bags.

The sale categories to list on the tags are:

• When selling a set of materials, please tape a completed tag on each item. (The selling price will be for the set , not each item as if sold individually.) Fill in the # __ of ___. (For example, if the set has three items in it, you would fill in #1 of 3 for the first item in the set, #2 of 3, for the second, and #3 of 3 for the last item. You need to bind them together with heavy elastics. (Please put an elastics on vertically and horizontally.)

• Please be sure the selling price you give to an item is the correct price you desire on it. We will not have time for price changes at the sale.

• It is your responsibility to keep track of the items you are selling. This year we will have no records of the items you are placing in the sale.
   

• Please sign the Sellers Release and send with your registration or bring to the sale. We MUST have the Sellers Release in order to put your items into the sale.

At the Sale . . .

• Please follow the signs to the sale room to deliver your items. On Friday you may deliver your items from 12pm to 6pm.

• Please bring your Sellers Release (see below) signed, and give to the Used Curriculum worker at the Sign In Table. You MUST check in with one of the Used Curriculum workers when delivering your items.

• If you are bringing a large quantity of items you may be asked to help distribute the items to the various tables. Also, with large quantities of items (over 100 pieces) it would be very helpful if you would separate your items into categories. (I. e. science in one box, reading materials in another, etc.)

After the Sale . . .

• At the end of the sale Saturday, please pick up your unsold items, they will be ready at 2:00pm and must be picked up no later than 2:30pm.

• You may arrange for someone else to pick up your unsold books if you are unable to pick them up after the sale.

• HOME cannot send or deliver them to you.

• If you do not arrive by the end of the pickup time, your unsold items will be considered a donation to HOME.

• • HOME appreciates your donated items that are used to bless other families and support HOME's ministry.

• Due to new postal regulations, tags from your sold items will *not* be mailed to you this year. HOME will keep the tags on file for six weeks after the sale (until July 18), should there be any questions. After that time, the tags will be discarded. Money from the sale of your items will be mailed to you by check within three weeks of the sale. No monies will be given out at the end of the sale day."

To register on line please click here to reach the on line registration.

If you prefer click here to print and mail the forms.

Volunteer Information

Thank you for your desire to volunteer. Your desire to volunteer is the ONLY way HOME can have a Used Curriculum Sale, we rely upon your dedication to the homeschoolers in Maine. The deadline for volunteer registration is June 1, 2009.  As a volunteer, who has committed to working a total of 3 hours throughout the event, you will be allowed to shop early— one hour before the sale is open to the public at the Volunteer Sale. YOU will have the first choice of items. ONLY volunteers, working a total of 3 hours or more, are allowed the opportunity to shop at the Volunteer Sale. We have a limited number of volunteer slots to fill, if you desire to volunteer and be a part of the Volunteer Sale, you will want to register early! We have a great need for teens to volunteer on Friday from 12noon - 6pm and Saturday after 1:30pm to help carry boxes of books, help with set up, and take down. If you have good strong teens we would greatly appreciate their help in serving other homeschoolers for several hours during these two days!

HOME Requirements to volunteer. . .

• a desire to serve others

• a willingness to work hard

• ability to smile, even though you are tired!

• appropriate clothing—you will probably get dirty!

• bring your own meals

We will need volunteers on Friday to. . . We have all the help we need for Friday, Thank you.

• carry boxes of books, help collect, sort, distribute, set up, and organize books

• sort, distribute, and organize books, help direct shoppers and assist those with needs, keep books neat and in their assigned areas, assist with breakdown and clean up, and carry boxes of books.

• Please Note:
  
  The Volunteer Sale will take place Saturday, before the general population sale from 8:00am—9:00am.
  
  Teens may volunteer along with their parent. Parent is responsible for their child at all times. (Teens may be a part of the Volunteer Sale if they work 3 hours.)
  
  There will be no walk-in volunteers accepted this year.
  
  The Volunteer slots are limited, register early—the slots are allotted on a first come basis.

To volunteer on line click here.