Support student success at the U of A dorm move-out rummage sale
By Logan Burtch-Buus, University Communications
The four-day rummage sale will feature items left behind by student housing residents, including feature clothing, accessories and small household items, as well as furniture collected from the nearly 600 dorm rooms being replaced by the U of A.
University of Arizona
The local community is invited to the University of Arizona's upcoming dorm move-out rummage sale, a four-day event held over two weekends featuring items left behind by student housing residents.
This year's event is the first since 2018, and will take place May 16, 17, 23 and 24 from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at ACE Recycling, 9110 S. Eisenhower Road. Each weekend, the first day of the sale will be priced at pennies on the dollar. On the second day, items are free while supplies last. The first weekend will feature clothing, accessories and small household items left behind by students, while the second weekend will focus on furniture collected from the nearly 600 dorm rooms being replaced by the U of A.
Shoppers are asked to bring large, durable bags to carry purchases.
"This sale is the perfect opportunity for the community to not only support the university and our students but also our sustainability goals and the local environment," said Jill Burchell, senior coordinator for sustainability operations and initiatives with Housing & Residential Life. "You can prevent items from ending up in our landfills as junk by giving them a new life in your own home."
More than an opportunity to cheaply move goods, the rummage sale is one of several key teaching moments in students' sustainability education, a journey that begins when they move into their dorm rooms and continues throughout their lives as they learn to reuse, recycle and protect their local environment.
"We begin by teaching students about recycling in the fall when they move in and continue to work with them on a variety of things like energy and water reduction," Burchell said. "Once they move out of the dorms and start looking at off-campus housing and paying their own bills, we want to make sure they know how to conserve."
The move-out and collection process begins May 6 after the last day of classes and ends May 15 when dorms close ahead of the summer semester. The Office of Government & Community Relations is also working with nearby off-campus apartments to collect unwanted student items.
Proceeds from the rummage sale will benefit the Dorm Assistance Award, which supports low-income and first-generation students by paying a portion of their rent for a year. Payments received are not considered a tax-deductible contribution.
