Huge Consignment Sale Coming Up

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we're taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us make our dollars as valuable as possible.

Here are some deals that hopefully will stretch your dollars to the max:

1. All 4 Kids Consignment Sale

Deal: Items for sale from 600 families will include fall/winter clothing (children's, female teenagers and maternity), books, shoes, baby equipment, linens, toys "and most everything else having to do with raising kids." Many items will be sold for half price on Saturday.

Cash, debit (additional $1 fee), and MasterCard and Visa credit cards (additional $2 fee) are accepted. You can bring a laundry basket tied to a hefty rope to transport your items since no baskets are provided.

A tape measure also can be handy since there are no fitting rooms and you can't try on clothes. Also before noon on Thursday, only umbrella strollers will be allowed.

All sales are final with no returns. Privately owned, All 4 Kids has been operating children's consignment sales for 20 years. Answers to frequently asked questions may be found by clicking here.

An early morning option is open from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Thursday to those customers who donate $5 in cash toward missions. (No donation is needed for accompanying children.) In this way, All 4 Kids passes on thousands of dollars each year to both local and world missions. 

There are two fall sales scheduled:

• Aug. 4-6—Woodstock/Acworth, 5500 Bells Ferry Road, Acworth
• Aug. 19-20—Mt. Paran North Church of God, 1700 Allgood Road, Marietta

Half of the collected funds from those sales will go toward food for the needy in West Virginia. The food will be given out during a mission trip in October. The other half will be earmarked to drill a water well for an African village.

Also, many sellers choose to donate their unsold items to local ministries, including Marietta Project Outreach (through Mt. Paran), Safehouse, Crisis Pregnancy, Trinity and Must Ministries. Some of the items also have been sent with a local ministry collecting items for their West Virginia outreach. 

Location: Jim R. Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road between Powder Springs Street and Austell Road in Marietta 

Hours: Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

Contact: A contact form is located here.

2. Donate a Pint of Blood and Receive a Pint of Savings 

Deal: The first 60 donors of Thursday morning's American Red Cross Community Blood Drive will receive a pint of "savings" in return for their pint of "life." Coupons from local businesses will be given in appreciation for their blood donation. Appointments or walk-ins are welcome.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday

Location: Citizen's Hall, second floor, Douglas County Courthouse, 8700 Hospital Drive, Douglasville

Contact: 1-800-RED-CROSS

3. Lithia Springs Business Networking

Deal: The Douglas County Chamber of Commerce will host its next AT&T Business After Hours event on Thursday afternoon in Lithia Springs. This event is free for chamber members and $20 for guests. Appetizers and drinks will be served. For a photo gallery of an After Hours event earlier this year in Lithia Springs, .

Hours: 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday

Location: , 669 Thornton Road, Lithia Springs

Contact: Douglas Chamber, 770-942-5022

4. Free Booster Seat Check  

Deal: This free Friday morning check will be conducted by Douglas SafeKids, the Cobb & Douglas Public Health Department and the Georgia State Patrol. No appointment is necessary.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday

Location: Douglas Health Department, 6770 Selman Drive, Douglasville 

Contact:  770-949-1970 

5. Free Legal Seminar 

Deal: Legal information will be shared with the public on consumer, elder, family and criminal law; fair credit reporting; landlord-tenant contracts; Magistrate Court information and more. 

Hours: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday

Location: , 6903 Forrest Avenue, Douglasville

Contact: 770-490-2863 

Remember: You also can help overseas military families with your expired coupons through Coupon Mom's Military Coupon Program.