Get Adobe Flash Player to see this content.

About This Video

Everything Must Go

Title:

Everything Must Go

Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2009

Description: Family holds yard sale to avoid home foreclosure

-

Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate)

" Foreclosures in some markets still rising and our families are getting graded to keep their homes my next -- just had a -- She could repo man away some of the Ralston joins right now tablet a very good to have you. Thank you. Let's -- back to what you're after the bank was telling me if you've got to raise some money faster or we're gonna keep your pennies out of the house and."

" Or write the auction date for the -- October 15 which is on two days from today. If we didn't raise half of what we know we -- originally 27000. That does something -- half of that money would just thirteen 1700 dollars before the auction date. And we were basically scrambling to find any way we can do. To raise that money. So that's exactly."

" Why it's happening they had sales yeah yeah I wanna get the yards of it has a lot of money arrays like. Really a moment's notice had they come up with saying essentially have -- and house we want now."

" will that's where half of what we owed -- back money and I got blood meal on the house itself -- so it. They sit in order to do that payment plan that we needed to come with half down of what we owed."

" All right well you must've done something right it has -- you announced that Zell becoming what happened."

" What we scrambled around and read. Put it out to family and friends that we were looking for donated items in order to raise money to save the house and they all came forward and they helped to. Donate items and baked goods we bake for hours and hours and we set up -- wonderful. Friend of ours Todd -- discount a lot of this up in his parking lot and we ran the cell last weekend. And we did raise a good amount of money but not nearly enough. We had a lady that actually a wonderful friend of ours named Gloria -- of sit on the -- about holding a sign for hours and hours on end. And waving and she attracted the attention of the newspapers which got the Fox25 involved and bought. Channel seven involved and through the television stations in the newspaper. That Saturday morning the following -- morning we had hundreds and hundreds of donations that are delivered and items to the sale and we continued to sell through them. I'm through yesterday around 6 o'clock."

" a great sort of bottom line is. You've raised all the money and I'm sorry guys you're safe in your house and yes yes we we raised 10000 dollar body accepts. What was the most association what was the most expensive thing is sold them. We sold two items for 200 dollars each one was -- set up tire rims. For a Jeep and another one was a 52 inch HDTV over donated. Zone and what was the best sold in what was the best -- silent because I didn't have that there was -- Actually of the -- indigo of the best -- little. Loads of banana read a -- read those injured and about they had topic covered pretzels they had all sorts of items like that. One gentlemen. The biggest cash donation that we receive us from a one gentleman named Peter Graves and he actually gave us 500 dollars wow so now on -- data Amish that we received."

" It's a great story and it is an inspirational woman reminder folks can get pretty. Innovative and creative you were a bit of both and in in spades on that have they continued to happiness in your home and -- there. Thank you thank you very much my family my children appreciate it my husband having the world's best school."

More Videos From FOX News

'The Amish Project'

'The Amish Project'

Playwright Jessica Dickey talks about her new play inspired by the Amish schoolhouse shooting

Video|Tue, 2 Jun 2009|More from Latest Video
|Amish schoolhousefound at6:15

all of the while you're busy yeah -- A man enters Amish schoolhouse and opens fire -- poetry and humor. The knowledge project explores the community grappling with loss of faith that tell us again
How to Have a Yard Sale

How to Have a Yard Sale

Organize a successful garage sale using tips from those who have

Video|Tue, 16 Jun 2009|More from Latest Video
|yard salefound at0:04, 3:00

Yeah have a yard sale . All it takes is some advanced planning and a little psychology unload all your -- in the yard sale . You'll need poster paper and markers -- tables. Plastic grocery bags and cardboard boxes that cash -- and small building according to change the extension cord and -- Optional the classify bad clothing and -- want you -- any friends neighbors and relatives to participate -- keep the bigger thing out the better every once in. -- Advertise your yard sale a few days ahead of time -- putting up clearly marks signs with the date of this can't linemen and black lettering that you've -- from -- The -- every thinking -- so that air. Here's a lot of stuff they classified ad in the local paper and proposed an online ad on --
twelve and refreshments are signing -- eating cookies will most likely Cambridge sound like encouraging people to linger longer than me. Yeah standards. Be flexible about prices especially as the day winds down do you really want a lot of other stuff back inside your house. You know the world's longest yard sale takes place every summer along -- 630 mile stretch from Ohio to Alabama.
Secrets of Success

Secrets of Success

Tips on how to have successful yard sale

Video|Sun, 9 Aug 2009|More from Latest Video
|yard salefound at0:05

about -- is happening this weekend and that is. You world's longest yard sale is happening as we speak and -- small about -- one minute organizer. He's here to tell us about it you are going to show all of us. Today how to have an incredibly successful yards on the plus if you do. Is organize for your buyer so that they're not just sifting through random stuff what's your first step absolutely not I can't believe he's been successful yard -- to cast. Presentation. Everything you