On This Date in Nativity History

14 May 1988

On this date, the Nativity “Garage Sale” (later renamed the “Yard Sale”) was first held in the Nativity parking lot. It was sponsored by the Nativity Council of the Knights of Columbus. Donated items were kept in a truck semi-trailer parked near the entrance to the Spiritual Formation Center until the day of the sale. It was an immediate success. The $7,500 collected (and given to the Parish for the Church Building Fund) made the Garage Sale the largest fundraiser the Council and the Parish had ever held up to that time. The Garage Sale/Yard Sale would continue to grow, and for many years it remained the largest annual fundraiser put on by the Nativity Knights, eclipsed only in recent years by the annual car raffle.

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