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Yard sales in the Triad area this weekend as advertised in the News & Record:

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Yard sales in the Triad as advertised in the News & Record:

View Triad area yard sales in a larger map

Buy or sell gold and diamonds, get your family portrait taken for Mother's Day or shop for other stuff during the Sedgefield Presbyterian Church's tag sale Saturday in Greensboro.

It will be held from 7 to 12:30.

All proceeds go toward the church's youth programs.

Vendors on hand include Silpada jewelry, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Finders Keepers Sports Novelties and Furman Landscaping.

They will also be having a breakfast fundraiser and a bake sale.

A canned food drive will benefit the Salvation Army.

Yard sales in the Triad as advertised in the News & Record:

View Triad area yard sales in a larger map

Yard sales in the Triad as advertised in the News & Record:

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Yard sales in the Triad as advertised in the News & Record:

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The Free to be Frugal blog offers tips on shopping at yard sales.

Tips include grouping sales by location to avoid wasting time and gas. You'll also want to check out my blog on Fridays. You'll see a Google map I created showing you locations of yard sales listed in the Triad as advertised in the News & Record.

Other tips include bringing plenty of loose change and having a water bottle and snacks handy.

Other stuff you need: a tape measure, a magnet, a magnifying glass, cell phone, sun screen, hand sanitizer.

Also attend yard sales without your kids:

"This will cut down on impulse purchases and save you from ripping that 'must-have' baby doll from your screaming child’s hands and dragging her down that long driveway."

Yard sales in the Triad this weekend. Happy bargain hunting.

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It's time to get back in the hunt. Been a while for me.

I've snatched some good stuff out of yard sales in Greensboro, including: a tripod for $3.75, putting mat for $4, holiday stein for $3, battery-powered camping lamp for $2, lots of NASCAR-related stuff on the cheap (hats, T-shirts, toy cars, walkie-talkie) for my rabid-fan sister. Other stuff, too.

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Covenant Church United Methodist off Skeet Club Road in High Point is hosting a large consignment sale next week.

Items on sale from 200 consignors include thousands of used children’s items such as spring and summer clothes, maternity wear, furniture, toys, bikes, outdoor toys, baby equipment, books and videos.

It starts Thursday, March 12 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. It resumes March 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with free childcare from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

It ends Saturday, March 14, from 8 a.m. to noon with most items 50 percent off.

Funds raised will benefit the church's children’s ministries programs and surrounding communities.

Kiser Middle School off Benjamin Parkway in Greensboro is holding a yard sale in its gym Saturday, March 7 from 6 a.m. to noon.

Items for sale will "be very reasonably priced with very few items over 10 dollars," art teacher Jeremy D. Thomas told me in an e-mail.

Thomas is accepting donations throughout the week. Contact him at kiserartfundraiser@gmail.com to set up a time.

More information at Thomas' Web site through Kiser in here.

Depending on how much is raised, proceeds will be used for supplies including student aprons, a digital camera and storage bins.

Thomas said he'd like to have enough to take his art club kids to some of the galleries around town, but that will depend on how much is sold.

The Grasshoppers team is hosting its first yard sale with booth rental proceeds benefiting Red Dog Farm, a local animal rescue group.

It will be held Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the minor league baseball park's NewBridge Bank Park on Bellemeade Street, which will be closed.