Guide & Pathfinder gently - used toy sale

Joanne McKinstry | Apr 12, 2017

Time to declutter those toy rooms (or add to them)!  

Come celebrate Earth Day at the Grace Centre on Saturday 22 April when the 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Unit will be hosting a ‘gently-used’ toy sale along with Cookie Day!  The 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Gently-Used Toy Sale is a great way to donate and/or buy gently-used children’s toys while supporting your local Food Bank and Girl Guide unit.  This event will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, 22 April at the South Frontenac Community Services Centre (the Grace Centre) at 4295 Stage Coach Road in Sydenham.

The sale is open to the public and will feature top quality / gently used children’s toys at discount prices.   As this is a first-ever used toy sale by your local Girl Guides, it is hoped that donations will be plentiful.  Please drop off your gently-used toys on Friday, April 21 between 3pm. and 7pm. at the Grace Centre. We ask that toys are clean, not broken and have no missing parts.
This is a great community initiative by the 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder unit, who are asking family, friends and neighbours of our Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders to please donate their gently-used toys locally, with proceeds helping out our South Frontenac community.   

“This winter, the closets and toy room needed major weeding out of toys that haven’t been used in a long time,” explained Guider Joanne McKinstry.   “My daughter Meghann, who is now a Pathfinder, suggested that her toys be donated to help others out, but instead of dropping off the toys at a thrift store in Kingston, just keep it local.  So, we approached the 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Leader, Kim Deline, and the idea to host the toy sale blossomed.”
Unsold items will be donated to a local thrift store.  Details are also posted on facebook as an event (1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Gently-Used Toy Sale) on the Sydenham, Ontario page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1572382629715585/  For questions, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Please don’t forget to check out the Girl Guide Cookie table as well – the Spring cookies (chocolate/vanilla) are $5 per box, and they are expecting those to sell out very quickly.

No early birds please, and cash is preferred.  Come out and support your local food bank and Girl Guide/Pathfinder unit!  The success of this event is dependent on donations!