Organizers at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church imported a fundraising concept from across the seas, holding their first boot sale Saturday at the church parking lot, 4440 N. Campbell Ave.
People who showed up looking for a good deal on footwear were probably perplexed to find what amounted to a mobile garage sale at Campbell and East River Road.
"I don't think people understood what a boot sale was," said Tom Cross, a native of England, who with his wife, Sue, from New Zealand, helped get the event on the road.
"Boot" is the word for a car trunk in most of the English Commonwealth, where people sell things from their cars to get rid of clutter while getting out and about.
Prospective merchants paid a fee for a space to display their offerings at St. Philip's, and about 20 people took advantage of the chance to sell whatever they could stuff in one vehicle.
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"We did it at my parish in Iowa," said Joyce Stewart, who came up with using the boot sale idea at St. Philip's. "People just had a wonderful time."
Added Tom Cross: "We don't want to do things that are merely fundraisers. "We want to do things that build the community.
"It's a way to get to know our neighbors."
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