Friends, would you like to join me in supporting a good cause? This #GivingTuesday I’m raising money on Facebook for Grayson Land Care and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. I’ve created this fundraiser for GLC and it’s many projects because I believe in the[…]
Great news! The Free Market is holding their annual Christmas Gift Shop THIS Saturday December 4 from 10-3pm at the Gate Center, 122 Davis Street. 10-12 is reserved just for Kids under the age of 16. It lets them pick out a special gift for friends and family. After 12 it’s open to anyone. It’s[…]
This Saturday, November 13th, we will participate in “An Appalachian Christmas” at Matthews Living History Farm from 11 am – 3 pm. We will be giving away beautiful Christmas cards – we have HUNDREDS of cards, of all kinds — and old-fashioned decorations. We are hoping to have our Free Gift Shop this year but[…]
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[…]