A LAVINGTON grandmother is pulling out all the stops to send her grandkids to their first Scout camp.
Lorraine Sheppard will join the Garage Sale Trail on Saturday for the first time to raise money for her Corryong-based grandkids, Makayla, 12, and Markus Ardley, 11, to go to the Victorian Jamboree next year.
Ms Sheppard said Corryong families had been doing it tough since the Summer Bushfire Crisis, the global pandemic and devastating storms.
"My daughter has taken on the Scouts group because the town really needs something for the kids," she said.
"But it's $1500 for each child to go to the camp and Corryong is already battling.
"I've been working on this garage sale project throughout COVID over the past four or five months."
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Together with her neighbour, friends and the community, Ms Sheppard will offer hundreds of pre-loved items, craft and baked goods for sale today and next Saturday.
Among them will be furniture, clothes, dream catchers, tin flowers, tutus and plants.
Ms Sheppard's garage sale will run this Saturday and next Saturday, 9am to 4pm, at 12 and 14 Brent Court, Lavington.
The 11th annual Garage Sale Trail 2021 will run over two weekends (November 13-14 and 20-21) for the first time.
Supported by more than 100 councils nationally, the multi-award-winning community and sustainability event will host 10,000 garage sales in the community and online.
Scope out sales in your area at garagesaletrail.com.au.
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