The Free Market—Full of Surprises! We are temporarily closed again, because of low vaccination rates and high COVID infection rates in our area. Because the Free Market is NOT essential, we feel we shouldn’t take any risk that might spread the virus. However, we continue receiving items and working on the never-ending job of sorting,[…]
Michelle Lintecum, manager of the Free Market is putting out a “Call for Volunteers” and a big “thank you” to the ones currently at The Free Market. A lot of the volunteers are here during the summer and head to Florida in cooler weather. It’s hard to think of cooler weather but soon it will[…]
If you think of the Free Market as a place only for people who can’t afford new items, think again! Anyone who wants to be more “green” or sustainable in their lifestyle can help the environment by finding used items rather than buying new, thereby saving the raw materials that would be used to make[…]
It’s so exciting to be open again, watching people find just the right item to take home! A gentleman who raises peacocks was thrilled to find a large mirror with a plastic frame; he puts mirrors in their pen because peacocks love to look at themselves. 🙂 And a set of 1950’s Fire King dishes brought one[…]
We are happy to announce that the Free Market will re-open to the public onThursday and Friday afternoons (1-5 pm) beginning on April 22. We will alsobe open the first Saturday of each month from 10-2. We will accept donateditems during these times and also during our workdays on Tuesdays from 1-4, aswe have been[…]
Even though the Free Market remains closed to the public, we are working on two initiatives. The Outreach Section is open by appointment to clients of Social Service and Mental Health agencies in our area. We can provide dishes, cookware, silverware, towels, sheets and blankets/bedspreads to clients in need of those items. With the CARES[…]
The Free Market received a grant from Grayson County from funds provided inthe first CARES Stimulus Bill to help local non-profits recover losses and covercosts due to the pandemic. This will cover the loss of donations from the monthsin 2020 that we were closed and the coming months until we are able to safelyopen to[…]
With Covid-19 cases increasing in our region, we made the difficult decision to close again until the risk of infection is lower. Even with our Covid precautions, it just felt unsafe to invite customers to shop indoors with even a small group of strangers. However, we are determined to serve agency clients with urgent[…]