By GRAHAM BROOKS / Staff Writer

HELENA–For two days, Helena United Methodist Church will be hosting a spring consignment sale with a variety of clothing items at an affordable cost that will also benefit the children’s ministry at HUMC.

The sale will begin Friday, March 17, at 9 a.m. and conclude on March 18, at 4 p.m.

The Spring Consignment Sale will be the church’s third consignment sale, and 30 percent of the sales proceeds will go toward the HUMC Children’s Ministry department.

Available items for sale will be spring and summer children’s and junior clothing sized newborn-junior sizes, spring and summer clothing, Easter clothing, light sweaters and jackets, formal wear, semi-formal wear, pageant dresses, school uniforms, shoes, swimsuits and cover-ups, indoor and outdoor toys, books, videos and DVDs, children’s and nursery décor including bedding, sheets and blankets, sporting goods, baby gear including swings, pack ‘n’ plays, bassinets, strollers, bouncy seats and more.

New for the spring sale will be spring/summer maternity clothing.

Some items that will not be available at the sale include car seats, fall/winter clothing, any clothing items that have been recalled, stained, soiled or damaged, sippy cups, baby bottles and stuffed animals.

The time for customers to shop at the sale will be Friday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3-6 p.m. Saturday, March 18, the sale will be from 8 a.m. to noon and 3-4 p.m.

HUMC is looking for volunteers to work at the consignment sale. Those who volunteer will also receive opportunities to shop early for their help.

Volunteers can sign up under the worker registration tab located on the Helena United Methodist website and those that sign up to work two or more shifts will have an opportunity to shop at the early consignment sale on March 16.

Those wishing to sell items can register to be a consignor until the March 12 deadline and will receive 70 percent of the sales proceeds.

For more information on the sale or to become a consignor or volunteer, visit Helenaumc.org/con_sale.

Helena United Methodist Church is located at 2035 Shelby County 58 in Helena.