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2008 White Elephant Sale: Green Makes Good!
OMWB's 49th Annual Rummage Sale Raises $1.28M for Oakland Museum of CA
The massive White Elephant Sale, sponsored by the OMWB, went green this year, in thought and deed. The quintessential recycling event raised $1,278,275.92 this year. The 2008 Sale total was a closely guarded secret until the Sale's Chair, Rose Jellison, made the announcement before a packed audience of jubilant staff, trustees, volunteers, and Women's Board members.
The highest-grossing departments were: - Furniture: $156,400
- Jewelry: $140,400
- Books, Photography, Music: $120,800
- Art: $119,400
Chair Rose Jellison attributed the successful results of the sale to extraordinary community donations along with trememdous turnouts for the January Preview Sale and the Annual March Sale weekend. The one-day Preview Sale alone raised $305,800.
OMWB Contributed Over $15M to the Museum Over the Years
The legendary White Elephant Sale “acres of bargains for peanuts” is held every year on the first weekend in March at the Women's Board Warehouse located at 333 Lancaster Street, Oakland. Proceeds from the sale support the Oakland Museum of California's educational programs, exhibitions, acquisitions, and collections preservation.
Women's Board Volunteers, including many of their husbands, and hundreds of community volunteers spend the year collecting, cleaning, sorting, and pricing donated new or used merchandise for the annual sale.
Now that they have celebrated this year's success, the Women’s Board has begun work on the next sale, which will be held the weekend of March 7–8, 2009. The White Elephant Sale truck will be on the move soon! For pickup of large items, call (510) 839-5919.
For information about drop-off dates, call (510) 536-6800 in May or go to our Donations page.
Carmen Jimenez-Smith is the PR Chair for OMWB and she may be contacted by phone at (510) 601-9205 or email her by
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