The "There's No Place Like Home" team of local real estate professionals held their annual rummage sale on 17 May 2008. Thanks to the huge amount of generous donations, we were able to fill a parking lot with everything from office furniture, toys, clothes, dishes, jewelry and other treasures. Thanks to the many people who stopped by to shop, the team yielded over $1000.00 in donations to the Thurston County Relay for Life Campaign. The list of volunteers who made this event possible is long and includes Brenda Hartshorn, Eric Prehm, Sandy Nelson, Rob Chrisler, Al Stickland, Kami Clark, Dawn Taft, Polly Barber, Ken Fisher, Jeff Hughes, Benna Jones, Melanie Sawetz and many more. The volunteers put in long hours in preparation and a full 8 hour day at the event in 90 degree heat. It was a rewarding experience and a lot of fun. Thanks to the cooking crew, we had food and refreshments on hand to keep us fortified.

Our next fundraising event will be a car wash on the 7th of June at Lacey's K-Mart parking lot. We hope for nice weather and a strong turn out to help raise enough money to get us to our team's goal of raising $10,000 for cancer research funding.

Sandy Nelson
Realtor for Olympia area real estate
www.sandynelsonrealestate.com