The binky and the bargain danced Thursday afternoon at the West Virginia National Guard Readiness Center.
Make that, bargains.
Whole rooms of them, in fact, by way of the Fall 2019 Consignment Sale, a seasonal staple by Christian Help, the outreach agency on Walnut Street.
Noah, meanwhile, could have told you all about the binky on Thursday.
Provided that the 23-month-old had popped it from his mouth.
Which he didn’t.
“Nope, not happening,” his mom, Danielle Earliwine, said, as she and her son took in all those bargains for the day.
While she pushed him in a stroller, he worked the binky and occasionally peeked around to see what he could see.
Which was a lot.
Racks of kids’ clothes and tables heaping with kids’ toys, books and DVDs were there for the snagging during the cash-only sale.
Christian Help holds two such sales a year, in the fall and spring.
Proceeds go to the programs it creates and sponsors to help others.
All those bargains, Noah’s mom said, will most certainly help the Earliwine household budget.
“Oh, yeah,” she said. “I’ll take these deals every time.”
From OshKosh B’gosh onesies to old-school DVD offerings from the Marvel Universe, the sale is a microcosm in marketing, said Kellen Falkenstine, the Christian Help volunteer who organized it.
“We’ve really got everything,” Falkenstine said.
Everything, she said, as in 30,000 items.
That’s how much stuff was donated for the sale that continues its run from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.
Select items on Saturday will also be marked down to half-price, she said.
“You really need to come out,” she said. “This is such a win for the community.”
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