Swap, not store at Snow Much Fun Day

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She dropped off a seldom-worn little black costume that doesn’t match and a midriff-baring costume purchased on impulse and shortly regretted.

Luby’s earlier finds embrace a Nirvana T-shirt, a white shirt, leggings and sweaters.

“I just think it is a really neat idea and it’s a great way to keep clothing in circulation,” Luby mentioned. Like thrift outlets, clothes swaps can flip up good finds, she mentioned.

She tries to reuse issues and keep away from waste. She cited a Netflix documentary, “Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy,” about discarded and donated garments dumped in overflowing African landfills. “We are consuming too much and it is sickening,” Luby mentioned.

Don’t convey garments to the occasion. Donations will likely be accepted Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton. The different donation date is Tuesday, from 9 to 11 a.m., on the trolley museum.

Radkiewicz is a leisure therapist who lives in Scranton, has executed some modeling and labored in retail. “Personally, l love clothing and I love fashion,” she mentioned.

Only gently used and new winter clothes, footwear and equipment, will likely be accepted. Radkiewicz and her volunteers will reject swimwear, intimate clothes, personalised gadgets and garments with holes or damaged zippers.

Leftovers will likely be donated to Friends of the Poor and the Catherine McAuley Center; the 2 nonprofits lately merged.

Snow Much Fun Day on the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park can be Saturday. The swap will happen alongside crafts, video games, music by Doug Smith’s Jazz Trio, a winter-themed picture sales space and different actions.

This 12 months’s theme is Warmth Around the World. The crafts will embrace styling paper dolls within the traditions of various cultures.

Both occasions are from midday to 4 p.m. Museum admission will likely be free from 11 a.m. to five p.m.

Back on the museum Dec. 12, the Repurposed Fashion Show will increase cash for Friends of the Poor and the Catherine McAuley Center and Swap Scranton.

Local artists are creating designs from repurposed clothes and displaying off appears to be like from earlier swaps. An accompanying artwork exhibit will show native artwork customary from recycled cardboard and different supplies.

The $75 ticket consists of two drinks and lightweight fare catered by Cooper’s Seafood House. The occasion is from 6 to 9 p.m. For tickets, go to everhart-museum.org.

Both town and Lackawanna County are sponsors.

Swap Scranton might be emailed at [email protected] and is on social media.

If you go

To store the swap, drop off winter gadgets in good situation on the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton, Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. Each merchandise is exchanged for a ticket that’s good for one merchandise at Swap Scranton. That’s Saturday, on the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park, 500 Arthur Ave., Scranton, from midday to 4 p.m. It runs alongside Snow Much Fun Day on the museum. Museum admission is free from 11 a.m. to five p.m.

The Repurposed Fashion Show, a charity profit and artwork occasion, is on the museum Dec. 12. Tickets price $75 at everhart-museum.org.