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The moms are coming.
More 1,500 shoppers are expected to swarm the vacant Perry Hall Superfesh location this weekend for Wee-Cycle Mart consignment sale, featuring clothes, toys and accessories for infants, children and teens.
More than 30,000 gently used and new items will be sold by more than 200 vendors. Prices are between 50 and 90 percent off retail prices.
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Admission, which includes activities for kids and parents, is either $2 or $1 and a bag of non-perishable food items. Donated food will benefit a Dundalk food pantry. Children are admitted free.
This is Wee-Cycle Mart's 31st sale and fifth year in operation, according to co-owner Blaney Spinell.
"I founded it in 2007 when I was laid off from my corporate job. I needed something I could work on from home," said Spinell, a Middle River resident and mother of a 5-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son.
"You'll definitely find something you like ... every item is inspected and all of the toys have batteries," she said.
The vacant grocery store was chosen because of its size, Spinell added. "This is the first time we're having it in Perry Hall. We are filling up the 40,000-square-foot space," she said.
The sale begins 7-10 p.m. on Thursday, but only for those with pre-sale passes. It is open to the public during the following days and times:
- 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24
- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25
- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26 (All items will be 50 percent off)
Editor's Note: A previous version of this article misstated the number of people expected to attend the sale. Patch regrets the error.
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Wee-cycle Mart Kids Consignment Sale
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John Doe
2:14 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
This is great, but someone please enlighten me. We can hold this event in Perry Hall - at the Perry Hall Square Shopping Center - with 15,000 shoppers expected, but we can't have the Perry Hall Town Fair in Perry Hall??? People, please enlighten me!!!!!!!!!!!
julkd1
7:59 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Good Point...
Tim
8:30 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Lynn Richardson should be the one enlightening us.
...or at least providing a half baked excuse.
Gi-Gi
10:08 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I agree.
Mike Pierce
5:59 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
And they've already put up an ugly, illegal sign! One more thing to detract from the whole area.
Red Dolphin
7:03 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
what do you mean an "illegal sign" ?
Al Carlson
8:48 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Are you kidding? It's an empty building! The whole shopping center is one gigantic ugly mess and you are moaning about a sign that will be there for three days?
Amanda Pflaumer
8:44 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
How do you get pre-sale passes???
Emily Kimball
12:06 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I understand that they were only available for the consignors and volunteers. The public sale is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Elaine Girardi
8:30 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Why doesn't the food stay in Perry Hall to help people in our neighborhood?!!!!!!!!
Servant
9:08 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
This is an excellent idea but how can this event be held in Perry Hall and all proceeds, food and profits go outside of Perryhall.
It's like using Perryhall and it's surrounding communities.
Where are the benefits to help or improve Perryhall?
How does one reserve this location for schools or PTSA events? Who is the contact person?
How can one get early passes or are they for Special recipients?
Missy Lauterbach
11:10 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wee-cycle is a consignment sale that is held in 3 or 4 counties of Maryland throughout the year. It is not always held in the same locations because they rent vacant buildings to hold the sale in. If the PTA's are interested in RENTING the Superfresh building, they can call the realty company (Kimco, I believe), and discuss prices just like Wee-cycle did. I believe the reason the donations go to the Maryland Food Bank, which is located in Dundalk I guess, is because the sale rotates between a few different counties and they chose a charity that serves them all. This sale does benefit people of Perry Hall; I for one am a homeowner here and I consign and buy from this sale. I also buy supplies for this sale from the local dollar store. The people that come to this sale from other areas are spending money in the area by going to lunch and buying gas among other things. I think its great that they can make use of the unoccupied space for a week and also help people get great deals on things that they need for their children! The pre-sale passes are only for people who consign or volunteer at the sale...if your interested you can go to the site and get more info. Wee-cyclemart.com
Laura
12:02 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wow - finally a comment worth reading from an actual informed person (thank you Missy Lauterbach) instead of a complaint. I think this is an excellent use of a vacant building for a short period of time, it benefits many people including those from "Perry Hall" in these tough economic times, not to mention the charitable donation aspect. Good luck to this event and good luck Blaney!
catherine
7:06 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
15 Thousand shoppers or 15 hundred?
Other Tim
8:36 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
One place in article above says 1,500 and one says 15,000. Editor's note attempted to correct but never really did. My guess is the people holding this event would be thrilled to see 15,000. I'd say 1,500 sounds more realistic.
Gary Staab
7:08 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Would it be possible to use the building for an inside flea market? Perhaps in the spring. Everyone could rent a space to pay for the building for a weekend.
Anyone interested leave a comment and if we get enough interest I will be glad to organize it.
Al Carlson
8:52 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Perhaps we could moan and complain less. No one has said a thing about the old SuperFresh until it was mentioned here as a place that is going to be useful to someone, somewhere for 3 days. Until you read this article, when was the last time you thought about the SuperFresh? When was that last time you had a constructive thought at to its use? When was the last time you contributed time, money or donations to a Perry Hall-focused charitable organization? Does the sign affect you? Does the use of the building for something that may benefit someone detract from your weekend? Step back and think before you talk.
John Doe
9:43 am on Friday, February 24, 2012
Al, I think about it every day as I drive by it - waiting for a business to start there - thinking of my friend who lost his job from there. I wonder why, like Gary Staab said, it can't be used for a flea market or some other venue (like a Perry Hall Community Fair) until it is filled. Maybe you should take two steps back, get some facts, then talk.
Bill Howard
4:40 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Face it. This is the best we can do in the Obama economy. While he funnels our money to his friends like Warren Buffet and George Sorros, local businesses are being exterminated.
Paul Amirault
5:28 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Are you kidding me? Now Obama caused Super Fresh to fail? Thats a new one. I guess Obama caused Wendy's to close at Honeygo too? This shopping center has been dying for a very long time and I don't see anything saving it. Whoever thought of putting a Super Fresh there should have had their head examined. This was destined to fail.
Tim
5:29 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Face it, the shopping center went into the tank under Bush's watch. The Obama hatemongering is cute, but as usual, mis-informed.
Also, what Paul said. Super Fresh is, at best, a third rate supermarket. Within two miles of 4 other competitors. The only supermarket that would excel in that shopping center won't be coming there (Wegman's).
Mike M
10:35 am on Saturday, March 3, 2012
I think an ice rink/huge family indoor playground and sports training center center would be an awesome idea...
Mike M
10:39 am on Saturday, March 3, 2012
Ice World in Forest Hill is a huge hike, along with a declining Mount Pleasant in the city. Look how long Skate Land, Putty Hill has lasted, plus all the current businesses in the shopping center would benefit from all the additional foot traffic.
Other Tim
6:02 pm on Saturday, March 3, 2012
Tim said "Face it, the shopping center went into the tank under Bush's watch". Wegman's in Hunt Valley also opened under Bush's watch.
Bill Howard suggests that Super Fresh closing was Obama's fault. Wegman's in Belair Opened under Obama's watch.
The grocery store behind the shopping center (now YMCA) went into the tank under Clinton's watch.
Stores close, stores open. Don't know how much a President can influence that.