The Naylor Pavilion at the Orange Showground came alive and Orange’s Biggest Garage Sale didn’t disappoint raising a whopping $25,000, with the money to be distributed to local men’s health groups.

The garage sale, an initiative of the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak pulled almost three thousand people through the gates with most of the 3,000 items sold also.

“We thought we’d raise maybe $5,000,” said Member of Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak, Stuart Smith.

“We are all surprised and very happy that it went off so well. It was great for our club, after COVID to have an event like this and it’s great to kick off our fundraising, which has been severely restricted because of COVID.”

Stuart mentioned the day was a lot of fun for all, with Rotary members dressing up in tune with the sections they were selling, whether that be books, plants or preservatives.

“It was interesting to see the vintage items being brought by younger people, things such as fur coats and Harris Tweed men’s coats.

“Our sporting section went well, things including bikes and exercise machines, so that means there could be a lot of fit people,” laughed Stuart, “And a lot of furniture went also.”

“It was a big effort by our club, and we had fantastic support from the public with their donations. It has set the bar very high; we want to thank community volunteers who helped and the public who attended.

“We were proud to pull the whole club together and have all members involved. We may well do it again in the future.. but we aren’t rushing, it was a huge effort.”