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Move-out at Penn usually means tons of used furniture and household goods thrown in the trash all over campus and the nearby neighborhoods – a lot of it still in usable condition. Wouldn't it be better for Philadelphia and for the planet if all this useful stuff could make its way to people who could really use it, rather than getting shoveled immediately into landfills?

 

***PENNMOVES COMMUNITY SALE!***

A low cost sale will be conducted of all the donated items. Proceeds will benefit the organizations identified by the United Way. The PennMOVES sale is open to everyone - faculty, staff and students of the University as well as the surrounding community.

Want a preview of what the sale has to offer? Check out our video on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPlpfEkTjj0

The one-day PennMOVES sale will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010.

Location: Class of 1923 Ice Rink, 3130 Walnut Street. Entrance for the sale will be on the upper level of the Ice Rink, at the Walnut Street entrance.

Admission: From 8am-10am admission is $5, from 10am-6pm admission is free.

Parking: Parking is available in Lot 1, located on Walnut Street between 32nd and 33rd. View map

Form of Payment: The PennMOVES Community Sale is CASH ONLY. No other forms of payment will be accepted.

Pricing: The PennMOVES Sale pricelist is available here. All items are priced to sell, and for the duration of the sale there will be no price reductions.

PLEASE NOTE: Any good purchased by a buyer is purchased “as is.”The University waives all warranties express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

*ALL SALES ARE FINAL* There are no returns or exchanges.

For more pictures and info, visit the PennMOVES Facebook page.

What is PennMOVES?

The goal of PennMOVES is to help Penn students find a home for items they can’t take with them when they leave campus, and do it in a way that is socially responsible and environmentally aware. We'll be collecting your usable items that you can't take with you when you leave campus in the Spring— clothes, furniture, kitchen gear, non-perishable food items, and the like— selling them in a huge low-cost sale, and distributing the proceeds to organizations who help West Philadelphians and other nearby communities in need.

For the third year, PennMOVES will help support organizations in the West Philadelphia community. We are working in partnership with the United Way to help identify organizations in need.

How can I help?


Want to help? BECOME A VOLUNTEER! Here's how:

If you are Penn faculty, student or staff and wish to help with collection, sorting and distribution, click here to register to volunteer.

Thank you to all who donated their used-but-usable items!
 

Partners

We're teaming up with these companies and organizations to make PennMOVES a success:

We would like to thank the following businesses for their support of PennMOVES:

  • Ed’s Buffalo Wings and Pizza
  • Wawa at 38th and Spruce
  • South Jersey Party Supply
  • Chipotle at 39th and Walnut
  • Taglio at 37th and Spruce
  • The Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Philadelphia

Contact us

For more information about PennMOVES or how we can help, email us at pennmoves@upenn.edu.