Christ Episcopal Church 107 South Washington Street

Christ Episcopal Church
107 South Washington Street, Rockville, MD 20850
Phone (301) 762-2191 Fax (301) 762-0928 Christchurch@cecrockville.org

Bargain Box
Thrift & Consignment Shop

      398 Hungerford Drive
      Rockville, MD
      301-762-2242
     BargainBox@cecrockville.org

Our volunteer elves are almost caught up! We will begin to accept donations once again beginning Thursday, January 8. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Check out our January Sales!

Clear String SALE!
January 3-10
Clothing, Purses, & Linens
tagged with CLEAR Strings

Original Prices: Adult/Teen items & Linens
Under $5 = 50 cents
$5 and over = $1.00

Purses: 1/2 price
Infants/Kids items: 2 for 25 cents

CLEAR Strings Only?

Raffle winners are

· HUGE Holiday Polar Bear JEFFREY B.

· Holly Bear with Red & White Striped Scarf LORENZO

· Mukluk Bear with White Hooded Jacket MARY

· Hug Me Bear with Red Roses BARBARA W.

· Lumber Jack Black Bear SHARON F.

· Sitting Pretty Polar Bear BARBARA M.

· Lenox Red Glass Candle Globe LINDA A.

· Holly & Gingerbread Pedestal Platter GALE L.

· Merry Christmas Santa Claus Flag BRUNETTA W.

· $10 Gift Certificate to The Bargain Box ELLEN JIA

See pictures of our Special Sunday Forum at Christ Church on November 2

THE BARGAIN BOX is a thrift and consignment shop operated by Christ Church in downtown Rockville. It provides clothing and household items, both donated and consigned, to the community at very affordable prices. It is located a few blocks from the Church, at 398 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, next door to the Rockville Fire Station and Nail Tech. Bargain Box proceeds are designated to support our outreach activities.

Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday
10:00 am to 4:30 pm

Winter hours begin December 1 and run through January 10
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Bargain Box opened its doors in 1957 and day by day our volunteers have carried out its mission. Can you believe we celebrate our 50^th anniversary this year? That’s 18,250 days, minus 600 months of Sundays, and assorted holidays and snow days. What an amazing amount of volunteer time, talent, and treasure, blood, sweat and tears, laughter and joy in each of those days. We are compiling a scrapbook photo album to commemorate its history and to celebrate our Golden anniversary. We’d love to have your photos, newspaper clippings, or any stories and information you have to share. We will make copies and return your originals to you safely. We’d also like to get in touch with former volunteers who may have moved out of the area. A service and reception in honor of all Bargain Box volunteers will be held at Christ Church late in the fall. For more on the history, mission and activities of the Bargain Box, click here.

Wish List…

After 50 years, our volunteers are getting tired! We need more “Angel Power” so dust off your halo and join us! Here’s how you can help, day or evening, at the store or at your home. Free training program!

Clerk for a morning or afternoon shift.
Donor of seasonal clothing & holiday items.
Sorter and tagger of donated merchandise
Steamer of wrinkled merchandise!
Writer of notices for church bulletins and The Angelus
PR person to spread the word to the community
Consignment Worker to write consignment tickets, Fridays, 10 - noon.
Consignment Worker to calculate consignment checks, 1x month
Supply Clerk to keep store stocked with supplies from “Staples”, as needed
Donor of “paper or plastic”? We use both, especially bags with handles. Plus we use the “gazette” sized newspapers to wrap fragile items.

Please call the Bargain Box at 301-762-2242

Donations
Clothing & household items should be clean, IN SEASON & new or gently used.
We have very little storage space so please do not bring winter clothes in July or Halloween decorations in December, etc.

Items we do not accept and cannot sell include:

textbooks
Reader's Digest condensed books
outdated travel guides & "news" magazines
encyclopedias
electric typewriters
computers
large pieces of furniture
food
medical equipment (crutches, walkers, etc)
medicine
record albums
exercise equipment: stationery bikes, rowing machines
golf clubs and bags
skis & ski boots
sweat stains, pet hairs, ring-around-the-collar, and tobacco fumes, crumbs, grease, dust, etc., etc., etc.

Consignment Information

Contact:

Donna Wolohojian, Manager email: bargainbox@cecrockville.org

Map to the Bargain Box:

This web site is dedicated to Ned Prettyman and Wally Keene.