100-mile Yard Sale and resale shops hold big community impacts in Southeast Missouri
SOUTHEAST, Mo. (KBSI) – The annual 100-mile Yard Sale event has started for Southeast Missouri.
The annual event runs along highway 25 is Southeast Missouri stretching Kennett to Jackson Missouri.
Vendors and shoppers both benefit from the perks the event brings.
If you’ve been out in Southeast Missouri today you may have noticed colorful Yard Sale signs and bustling resale shops but they’re offering more than just bargains.
They’re promoting sustainability, strengthening communities and offering economic support.
Ashley Foster and her mom Bobby Jo Cathcart are the owners of Old Pioneer Market of Jackson. An antique, craft and flea market.
Selling anything from hand stitched quilts to gently used furniture and antiques and everything in between.
“I personally like to shop at places like this because I like to keep the memories alive” says Foster. “Ya know one thing I hear a lot here and I say it a lot myself is that grandma had that or grandpa had that, or my mom used that and so a lot of our items come with their own memories and so I like to keep those memories alive.”
Yard sales and resale shops remind us that sometimes the simplest traditions are the most impactful.
“When I was young, I would go down to the Sikeston flea market with my grandpa, and we would sit on the tailgate of his truck, and he would sale whatever he brough that weekend and I think that’s just where it all began” says Cathcart.
For families on tight budgets resale stores and yard sales can provide access to essential items at a cheaper price then found in the store. Crystal Shefer and her husband own Heartland Harvest Market. They offer homemade soap, local honey, consignment, antiques, handcrafted items and more.
Both resale shops have a large number of local vendors. So, purchasing from them and your local yard sales is putting money into the pockets of local families.
“Our community has been so supportive, and they do want to support small businesses” says Shafer. “It also supports again, not just a store but so much more with all the families we have represented here.”
Shopping at resale stores or yard sales are a powerful way to keep items out of landfills and reduce waste by repurposing.
“We have again, almost 70 people each month where it’s not always their full-time job but it’s an added income for many families” says Shafer. “It’s also a great way to repurpose those things that grandma might’ve had one time and bring those back to life in your house without just throwing them away.”
To find out more about location, hours or becoming a vendor, you can click the links below.
Heartland Harvest Market and Antiques
