Flea Market and Fundraiser for Action for Women and Zharity
We are pleased to announce that coordinating a Flea Market to raise funding for Action for Women and Zharity!
Action for Women is a non-profit based in Zurich which aims to provide safety, support and hope for women on the run. As an entirely volunteer-run programme, they rely completely upon donations and support from private donors. Their work currently focuses on helping women refugees in Greece. If you would like to learn more about what they do and how they do this, please check out their website: www.actionforwomen.ch
At Zharity, we organize, facilitate and promote charitable projects and events in Zurich. We aim to empower, support and connect people with social causes that benefit both the local and global community. Check out our website for more information.
We shall be donating 80% of proceeds to Action for Women and 20% to Zharity.
How to help:
1. Donations
Do you have any unwanted items at home such as books, DVDs (region 2 only), CDs, clothes, baby accessories or anything else in good working condition? We will be collecting donations from Monday 1st July to Monday 8th July.
Please note, unfortunately we cannot accept electrical items.
If you have any items you are unsure about, please contact either Amanda (amanda@zharity.ch) or me (vicky@zharity.ch) and we will be happy to advise you.
2. Volunteers
We would love to have your help in making this a great Flea Market! We are looking for volunteers to help sort the collected item on Wednesday 10th July (afternoon only) and help with the Flea Market on Friday 12th July (afternoon and/or evening). If you have time to spare on either of those days, please sign up via (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14FCE1MGPRtHKiQZQ0g0G9C00fINHN8geEiiM0mQwjcA/edit) or contact me directly.
3. Craft stalls
Do you have your own products that you would like to sell for charity? If so, we would be happy to give you a stall at the TGIF Flea Market and donate your proceeds to a charity of your choice. To discuss this further, please sign up via https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DGaI9LKdQulsfG3RehEj-nC8ngF2FSXGq8SVnTs1FcQ/edit#gid=0 or contact me directly.
4. Come along to the Flea Market
And finally remember to come join us on Friday 12th July for drinks and snacks and browse all the donated treasures for sale!
Some extra notes:
Any items which haven’t been sold will be donated to Caritas, Chramschopf and the Bucher Brocky.
If you have been knitting baby hats for donation to Triemli Spital, feel free to drop them off during our collection days as well. Or, bring them to the Flea Market on 12th July. Thank you!
If you have any questions or would like any further information, please contact me (vicky@zharity.ch) or Amanda (amanda@zharity.ch).