{"id":84690,"date":"2025-02-05T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84690"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:59:19","slug":"community-assistance-center-hosts-garage-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84690","title":{"rendered":"Community Assistance Center hosts garage sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By RORY MOORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Community Assistance Center hosted a garage sale on Tuesday, selling clothes, books and household items for underserved families around the Ellis County area. The sale is part of the Center\u2019s effort to help the community and takes place from 8-11 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"459\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84697\" data-id=\"84697\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C595 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C215 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C87 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C446 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C892 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1190 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Community Assistance Center hosts a garage sale for families across Ellis County selling household items. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"694\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84691\" data-id=\"84691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C900 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=296%2C260 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C132 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C675 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1351 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1801 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Items at sale at the center were donated by the community during the Center&#8217;s business hours.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"352\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84696\" data-id=\"84696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C456 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C165 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C67 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C342 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C683 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C911 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Families from various backgrounds come to the Center for essential items like clothes and food. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"526\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84699\" data-id=\"84699\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?resize=790%2C526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?resize=370%2C246 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?w=1426 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Underserved individuals like single parents and seniors shop at the Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"677\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84694\" data-id=\"84694\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C877 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=304%2C260 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C128 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C658 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1316 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1754 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bob Berens marks down meals inside the Food Pantry.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84693\" data-id=\"84693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7.jpg?resize=721%2C1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=721%2C1024 721w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=183%2C260 183w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=106%2C150 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1091 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1081%2C1536 1081w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1442%2C2048 1442w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=1802 1802w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=1580 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Food that was on sale at the Center was donated by the Eagle Scouts of America. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"505\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-84698\" data-id=\"84698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?resize=790%2C505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?resize=1024%2C654 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?resize=370%2C236 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?resize=150%2C96 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?resize=768%2C491 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-007.jpg?w=1435 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Food items can be purchased during the garage sale. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Garage sales have been part of the Center\u2019s operation since 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important,\u201d Director Theresa Hill said. \u201cOur clients can shop and get food [from the food pantry] six times a year for free, and our garage sales help us buy more of those items.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People of various backgrounds come to the sales for the items they need, including seniors and single parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe get single men and women raising kids,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWe got three guys who raise their own children and seniors who live off less than $1,000 a month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All items sold through the garage sale are donated to the Center during business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne guy from the Eagle Scouts came and donated all this food last Saturday,\u201d Hill said. \u201cIt was 2400 pounds plus $700. People give money because we have only two major food drives a year: the Trick-or-Treat in October and Mail Carriers in May. During the holidays, we get the [elementary] school, high school, and junior high kids who bring them in buses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Community Assistance Center has become a hotbed for families facing economic hardship amid rising inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had a lot of them over the summer since everything\u2019s so expensive,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWhen school is out, we get a lot more people coming through here even when schools have all their food pantries to give to kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations can be dropped off at the Center at 1108 Oak St between 8:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. More information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/hayscac.com\">hayscac.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RORY MOORE Tiger Media Network The Community Assistance Center hosted a garage sale on Tuesday, selling clothes, books and household items for underserved families&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":84699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,11],"tags":[13219,16138,16137,15700],"class_list":["post-84690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-news","tag-community-assistance-center","tag-community-assistance-garage-sales","tag-garage-sales","tag-rory-moore"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Community-Assistance-Garage-Sale-004.jpg?fit=1426%2C950","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84701,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84690\/revisions\/84701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}