Drum Roll, Please…

We are thrilled to report that we raised $10,471 at the MV Big Flea last Saturday, April 26.  Added to the sales we made before the event, we raised a total of $18,226!  This represents a 117% increase over the amount raised last year.
Thanks to your support, the Mount Vernon Community School PTA can continue [...]

More Goodies For Sale THIS Saturday - April 26!

Please note that this represents a small fraction of the items we’ll be selling this Saturday, April 26, at the MV Big Flea! Early admission begins at 8am ($10) and general admission begins at 9am. At 12 noon everything is 50% off and at 2pm everything is FREE. The MV Big Flea [...]

“Where Are the Legos?” Consult Our Map!

I never would have imagined that so many adults would be interested in a box of Legos that will be at the MV Big Flea this Saturday. At least six people have contacted me about them, sending multiple emails asking if they could be purchased before the event.
To be honest, I was starting to [...]

A Few Goodies For Sale THIS Saturday, April 26!

 

MVCS Mom Is NoVA PTA Volunteer of the Year!

We are very pleased to report that Mount Vernon Community School PTA past President Mimi Carter has been named PTA volunteer of the year for Northern Virginia. Carter received the award last night at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people.
Among her many achievements, Carter was recognized for her leadership in initiating last [...]

WWFS (What Would Freud Say?)

My eyes opened wide and I stared at the clock. It had just struck 4am. With 11 days to go before the Big Flea, I dreamed we had too much stuff, not enough volunteers and too few buyers. The clock ticked as I tried to fall back asleep.
What would the famed interpreter [...]

11 Days to Go, 36 Volunteers & One Coffee Fetcher

Moving, organizing and selling three garagefulls of treasures takes a lot of work.  That’s why with just 11 days remaining before the MV Big Flea, we’re spending most of our time recruiting volunteers.  And just in case you were wondering, that means YOU!
We estimate that we need at least 17 people on the floor of [...]

I Want You To Want Me!

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Everyone remembers this classic Cheap Trick song (at least I hope everyone does).  But it’s taken on a whole new meaning this year with the MV Big Flea.  Because we’re in dire need of volunteers for the big event, we’ve decided to make this the [...]

Our Giant (Removable) Brain

“A family that lived in our house left a bunch of boxes in the attic,” Mary Denby wrote me last week. “Would you like to go through them and see if there are any treasures for the Big Flea?” she asked.
Magic to my ears.
My six-year-old (the one with a penchant for phones that are [...]

Pause. We’re About to Explode…

For the last six weeks, MV Big Flea volunteers have scoured metro DC for donations. During this time, more than 150 families have donated a wide array of items. So many items, in fact, that we have filled three single car garages with stuff: furniture, baby/kids gear, toys, household items, electronics, sporting goods, [...]

Our Violin Virtuoso

More Great Stuff and the Countdown Begins!

We held our last collection day on Saturday and we continued to receive some absolutely fantastic items. We were event treated to a virtuoso violin performance by Peter Hayes, a member of Del Ray’s renowned Irish Breakfast Band. Visit the site later this week for a video of this stunning performance on a [...]

Our New Theme Song (with apologies to High School Musical)

Begging Sure Gets Good Results

Late last week, feeling like we’d lost momentum, I basically decided to beg anyone and everyone to donate items to the MV Big Flea. If I’d know that that was all it would take for a big turnout, it would have started doing it weeks ago.
Where to begin? Ed Getterman donated 15″ and [...]

$500 Item Revealed: Rare Audubon Print!

A few weeks ago I coyly announced that we received an item worth more than $500. I’m now happy to report that the item, a rare framed Audubon print from the mid-1800s, sold this weekend on Ebay for $565. This brings our total sales for the MV Big Flea, which will be held [...]