Santa Rosa residents hold 'free garage sale' for North Bay fire survivors
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Santa Rosa residents are holding a city-wide garage sale for North Bay Fire survivors. The big selling point is that all of the items are free.
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"I bet every house in Santa Rosa that survived this has things that we could help those in need," said Diane Madero, Santa Rosa resident and garage "sale" organizer.
Madero's home was spared in the fires. She had to evacuate and it made her reflect upon the number of household things people lost, not just the houses.
"My home is full of 40 years of buying and collecting and I thought 'How would anybody where would you even start?" Madero noted.
She put the idea out to a few people and several women started organizing.
"To me it was easy it was the least we can do," said Santa Rosa resident Monica Vincent.
Now hundreds are participating.
"I've probably put in 50 miles in my neighborhood walking around telling neighbors handing out flyers," said Madero.
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She's collected new and gently used items, but Madero would like to make the experience retail like. She's asking for volunteers to donate tables to set-up and shopping bags.
Neighborhoods all over the Santa Rosa area will have giveaways: Junior College, Montgomery Village, Saint Frances Acres, Bennet Valley, Windsor, and Rincon Valley.
The women realize that people are living in temporary housing or hotels without much storage. But, they're hoping people will take items that are comforting.
"Something to make you feel like you have a home, you know, even art. We have people that have donated art," said Vincent.
They plan to do this again once homes are rebuilt. The event is from 9 to 2 Saturday and will be based on an honor system that people are actually fire survivors.
Click here to view a map of the garage sale locations. The pins indicate where you can find your free items.
Here's a complete list of the addresses participating in the free garage sale. If there's no city next to them -- that means the addresses are in Santa Rosa:
Alderbrook Drive, off Sonoma Avenue
Arista Lane near Pascal Street
Ashbury Avenue, off Vallejo Strret
Baja Court, off Monte Verde Drive
Beachwood Drive at Inglewood Drive
Beaver Street
Benton Street, between Glenn and Morgan
Bonnie Lane, off Bonita Vista
Brush Creek Road at Sonoma Highway
California Avenue near Parker Drive
Canyon and St. Mary's Drive
Carriage Lane at Firelight Drive
Casa de Arroyo Drive, off Casa Grande Drive in Petaluma
3600 Chanate Road
Clark Street
Crest Drive, off Franklin Avenue
Decker Street
Doyle Park Drive, north of Montgomery Drive
Estes Drive, near Badger Road
Evergreen Road, off Creekside Road
Fir Drive, off Creekside Road
Fitzpatrick Court, off Chanate Road
Grand Avenue, near Milton Street
3524 Hacienda Drive, off Jacqueline Drive
Hemlock Street, off Dogwood Drive near Coffey Park
Humboldt Street near Lewis Road
Humboldt Street near Silva Avenue
Jack London Drive near Hansen Drive
Jean Drive, off Montgomery Drive
Kawana Springs Road near Colgan Park
Kieran Court, off Newanga Avenue
Lomitas Ave and Lomitas Lane
423 Lomitas Lane
Loretta Way and Mary Street in the mobile home park near Piner Road and Range Avenue
912 Louisa Court
Lurline Way, off Hacienda Drive and Jacqueline Drive
Marigold Lane, off Firelight Drive
Marshall Drive, off Jack London Drive
2029 Midway Drive
696 Natalie Dr., in Windsor
Northstar Drive, off Sonoma Mountain Parkway in Petaluma
Orchard Street, off Spencer Avenue
1536 Parker Drive
Piner Road near Peterson Way
Poppy Drive, off Franklin Avenue
Princeton Drive, off Yulupa Avenue
Putney Dr, off West College Avenue
Rick Drive, off Badger Road
Robin Hood Lane, between Sherwood Drive and Shortt Road
San Miguel Avenue, west of the railroad tracks
Siesta Lane, off Paloma Avenue
Silva Avenue
Spencer Avenue, between North and Wright streets
Stewart Street, between Spencer and Pacific avenues
Talbot Avenue, 303 and a second location
Vallejo Street, near Doyle Park
Verbena Drive, off Honeysuckle Drive
West Third Street, between Stony Point Road and Dutton Avenue
Westwood Drive, near Olive Avenue in Novato
Wheeler Street, off S. E Street
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