Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5, 2013
10:00 am - 2:00 pm each day in West Olympia

Large, healthy starts of fifty varieties of perennial plants will be on sale at very modest prices to benefit the Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association (TSTSCA) from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5 at a convenient location in West Olympia.

TSTSCA is a genuine grassroots effort founded in 1988 in Olympia, Washington, and Santo Tomás, Chontales, Nicaragua. TSTSCA supports ing a number of projects there, including a children’s free lunch program, a small library with support for homework, and college scholarships. TSTSCA also organizes delegations from Olympia to Santo Tomás and from there to here.

The group works actively all year around and needs a constant flow of financial support to keep it all running. Now you can simultaneously help TSTSCA while you make your own yard look better for years to come! Visit TSTSCA’s benefit perennial plant sale at a convenient location on Olympia’s West Side (Jean Eberhardt’s front yard, 117 Thomas Street NW (just south of W Harrison, west of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church’s parking lot) from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday May 4 and 5.

TSTSCA volunteer George Hartwell raises an amazing variety of perennial plants and is donating many in decent-sized pots (along with starts of a few shrubs) so you can take them home and plant them with confidence. Many more than 100 plants of about fifty varieties will be available for sale, including a few exotic ones. If you want to ask about a particular species of perennial plant, call George Hartwell at 459-1079.

Also, some local artists will set up tables (weather permitting) at the plant sale and donate 25% of their proceeds to TSTSCA.

For information about the plant sale or about TSTSCA, contact Maureen Hill at (360) 786-9505 or tstsca@gmail.com.

see flyer#1 or flyer#2

Saturday, Feb. 9th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Lincoln Elementary School's gym, 213 21st Ave. S.E.

Donate your gently used items!
The Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association will host its annual "garage sale" from Olympia. Proceeds from the event will help support a modest public library and children's free lunch program and college scholarships in our sister town in Nicaragua.

Please support these critical projects by donating:
collectibles, books, music, cameras, jewelry, tools, clean clothes and linens, toys, framed art, lamps, furniture (no couches) electronics (but no computers, monitors or TVs), small working appliances, gizmos and other kitchen items.

Your tax-deductible donations need to be dropped off at the school gym between 4 and 7 p.m. on Friday February 8th. Plan to come back to the sale the next morning to buy cool stuff at great prices! For more information on donations or to volunteer, call Maureen at 786-9505 or email MaureenH313@comcast.net

Learn_about_the_Spring_2012_Nicaraguan_Delegation_that's_coming_to_Olympia!

During 2011 the "Thurston - Santo Tomás Sister County Association" (TSTSCA) accomplished a lot with our partners in Santo Tomás, Chontales, Nicaragua. We list some of our accomplishments in our fund raising letter. Your voluntary efforts and financial support will determine how much we can accomplish in 2012.
Check out our fund_raising_letter and use our response_form.

Full size, 'postable' PDF images are available here: front and back.

Thurston - Santo Tomás Sister County Association's Fabulous Winter-Time GARAGE SALE

Saturday, January 21st, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Lincoln Elementary School Gym, 21st & Washington Street SE, Olympia

For more information: (360) 480-8720 or (360) 786-9505 or mlecalhoun@gmail.com

See our flyer.

The Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association will host its annual "garage sale" from 9:00am to 3:00pm Saturday, January 23rd in Lincoln Elementary School's cafeteria, 213 21st Ave. S.E., Olympia. Proceeds from the event will help support a tiny public library and children's free lunch program and college scholarships in our sister town in Nicaragua.

Please support these critical projects by donating: collectibles, books, music, cameras, jewelry, tools, clean clothes and linens, toys, framed art, lamps, furniture (no couches) electronics (but no computers, monitors or TVs), small working appliances, gizmos and other kitchen items. Your tax-deductible donations can be dropped off at the school cafeteria between 3:30 and 7 p.m. on Friday January 22nd. Plan to come back to the sale the next morning to buy cool stuff at great prices! For more information on donations or to volunteer, call 360-786-9505 or email mailto:MaureenH313@comcast.net