By Ruth SOWBY

The Pacific Community Center in Glendale was the setting for the National Charity League’s annual rummage sale, Sellebration. The Glendale Chapter opened its doors from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Throughout the day hundreds of shoppers filled the aisles, picked over tables of merchandise and lined up to check out.     

Many had their eyes on Christmas toys and decorations. But everything was up for grabs at bargain basement prices. Clothes and home goods were the favorites. Many items sold for just $2.

Every mother of the 300-member mother-daughter organization was charged with donating a minimum of $30 worth of merchandise, resulting in close to $10,000 worth of goods up for sale.    

More than 200 mothers and daughters spent some 1,175 volunteer hours planning, preparing, setting up and working at the sale. Dozens of NCL members were readily available to answer questions. The leading question of the day: “How much?” 

Many customers come to Sellebration every year, but this was the first year for Gabrielle Brayton and 4-year-old daughter Sundy. Brayton said she heard about the sale from a Mom’s Group post on social media and plans to come again.  

Former NCL vice president of Philanthropy Joy Asbury estimated the day’s profits would top $15,000. The funds will go toward NCL’s philanthropies such as Door of Hope, Union Station, Ascencia, the YWCA and Twelve Oaks.