Wood County Humane Society plans for annual garage sale at fairgrounds

Ed and Betty Kern look over kitchen items at the 2021 Wood County Humane Society garage sale.

The 29th Annual Wood County Humane Society Benefit Garage Sale opens its doors on Thursday, May 25, at 9 a.m., and runs through Saturday, May 27, at 2 p.m., in the Grandstand and Home & Garden buildings at the Wood County Fairgrounds in Bowling Green. 

Donations of clothing, household items, electronics, furniture, toys, collectibles and other good and useful items for the sale will be accepted on May 21, from 2 to 8 p.m., and on May 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Wood County Fairgrounds.  Signage will be placed during donation intake directing traffic. 

All donations to the sale are tax deductible and all donated items are subject to acceptance.

The sale will be held May 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., and May 27 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., and features a wide variety of merchandise including household items, collectibles, books, crafts, hardware, lawn and garden items, furniture and toys, and encompasses over 22,000 square feet. 

Additionally, the sale will feature 25-cent clothing on May 26 and a $3 “fill-a-bag” sale on May 27.

Now in its 29th year, the sale is one of the Wood County Humane Society’s largest fundraisers, raising a record $35,042 in 2022 which provided for the the care of more than 700 animals housed in the Minnebelle Conley Shelter, a no-kill humane shelter owned and operated by the Humane Society on Van Camp Road in Bowling Green.

For more information about the sale or to volunteer to help, call 419-669-0701, visit www.facebook.com/groups/wchsgarage sale, or register to volunteer at www.tinyurl.com/wchssale