Recently, “Our Thrift Store” (yes, they use the quotation marks) has had a

10 Days 10 Bags

campaign, to inspire the non-profit store’s fans and friends to go through their homes and bring in items they can resell.

To make the task more fun (and less overwhelming!), the store suggests going through a room a day with this checklist, found on their Facebook Events page.

Isn’t this something you could use as the backbone of a similar idea for your shop?

Imagine your blog. 10 days of entries, highlighting various areas of a home, with a checklist of what they can bring in. Make it “suggestive” rather than a dry recital of “knick-knacks, jewelry, shoes.”

For example,

Day 4, we’re tackling the Master Bedroom:

• That scented candle that was a hostess gift that you’ve never taken out of the cellophane.
• The necklace your husband insists looks like penny candy, and the baroque earrings that simply overwhelm your delicate features.
• Bottom of the lingerie drawer: the bras you never had the nerve to cut the tags off of, yet alone wear. The fishnet tights still in their package from last Halloween.
• Be honest. Just because you spent too much on those shoes you can’t walk in, is no reason to condemn them to a lifetime in the dark. Bring them in; we’ll find them other tootsies to sparkle on.

And because you, clever shopkeeper you, have connected your blog to your FB and Twitter accounts, every day for 10 days, you have a motivating social media message that could bring you wonders you (and your donors, consignors, sellers) never even thought about before!

Of course, you’ll turn your ten little suggestion lists into a bag-stuffer for continuing use or as part of your “how-to” handout.

Many thanks to our NFP peer! Visit “Our Thrift Store”.