This Saturday Aug. 15 & Sunday Aug. 16 : Really Really Free Market @Home Edition! NOT at Campbell Park

 

This Saturday & Sunday: Really Really Free Market @Home Edition!  NOT at Campbell Park.  (also, read on: a different kind of market) In the spirit of community, sharing, and reducing waste, some of our market attendees have agreed to have mini-free markets on their front lawns on Saturday.   Their addresses are listed below, but will updated in the given lin For privacy concerns, some of them have not included a specific house number.   Please Join In:  =》By going for a walk and possibly picking up a few new-to-you treasures!    =》OR by joining in and placing items you are ready to part with out on your curb/yard/driveway for others! If you decide to join, please send us your address (by street or by number) before Saturday,  to rrfmarket@gmail.com and we will add you to the list. Tell your neighbour's too. Perhaps they will join as well- the more the merrier!    We will make available a poster available online for you print so as to make yourself known to passers-by.   If not, just visit the listed places and enjoy some FREE shopping this weekend. (Do NOT take anything to these places. It is not a swap event.) IMPORTANT: YOU MAY NOT TAKE YOUR STUFF TO ANY OF THESE MINI-MARKETS. YOU MAY ONLY GIVE AWAY STUFF AT YOUR OWN PLACE.   ALL COVID-19 PROTOCOLS APPLY. DO NOT GO IF YOU ARE SICK. MAINTAIN 2m PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.   ALL MARKET PROTOCOLS APPLY. TAKE TURNS LOOKING LOOKING AT STUFF AND TAKE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED. REMEMBER TO CLEAR YOUR LEFTOVERS FROM YOUR DISPLAY AREA BY 5 PM IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY BYLAWS. CHECK UPDATED LIST BEFORE YOU GO OUT SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, at:  https://bit.ly/2PQuXXE CURRENT LIST (as of August 12) RRFM @Home Edition August 15 & 16, 2020  Saturday & Sunday   SATURDAY:   Hemford Crescent and Duncairn Road (nearest major intersection -- Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East)  9 am to end of day   50 Edgecombe avenue (Avenue road and lawrence- south of lawrence, west of avenue road on west side)  10 am to 2 pm   Laurel Ave between Bloor St and Burnhamthorpe Rd, Etobicoke (Nearest major intersection Blood and East Mall) 10 am to end of day   150 Hampton Ave  (100 m south of Danforth Ave, near Chester station) 11 am to end of day   138 Albany Avenue (Nearest major intersection Bathurst and Bloor) 9:30 am to end of day Marian Engel park, which is between Shaw and Christie, and Davenport and Dupont   (south of Davenport, north of Dupont) 10:00 am to 3:00 pm   SUNDAY:   Keele Street between Bloor and Glenlake (Nearest major intersection Bloor and Keele) 10 am to end of day   150 Hampton Ave  (100 m south of Danforth Ave, near Chester station) 12 noon to 4 pm

Really Really Free Market change of hours due to space constraints during skating season

IMPORTANT: TIME CHANGE
Reduced Hours

December | January | February 2020

10 am - 1 pm

Visit time limit: ½ hour

Please bring your contributions *before* noon. 

We cannot accept any after 12:00.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please tell others about the time change. 

Thank you, and see you soon!

Summer At the Really Really Free Market!

This is my first year attending the Really Really Free Market as a volunteer, and so it's the first summer Market I've ever been to!

I love the summer Market! There is A LOT more space, everyone is browsing and crowded tables are less so than the winter Markets.

The next Summer Market takes place on Saturday August 3rd, 2019

The first thing you'll see when entering the Market is the Volunteer Table and the information signs. The friendly volunteers are happy to help with any questions about the Market, and will surely make your experience wonderful!

The next sign is a simplified version of the rules:

One Ikea size bag, or one hour spent at the market. It's important to respect the one hour rule, as loitering for better items is not fair to other market-goers. Be sure to follow the rules!

This is the jewelry table, where you will find a volunteer to greet you. The jewelry table is a special place, with beautiful items. These items work with a token system, where you ask a volunteer for two tokens, and exchange the tokens for any piece from the table. There is usually one jewelry item per person. 

One young market go-er found this beautiful necklace! You truly never know what you will find!

Take a look at some of the other items!

A bike seat. some reflectors, and a camera battery charger!

Plenty of books for the avid reader! 

Some home items for those looking for pieces on a free budget! Best deal you could ask for!

VHS's and DVD's!

One Market goer found this really cool hat! She loved it after trying it on!

This really RAD sweater found by another market goer stars Santa and a Unicorn! It even has fur all around the hood! Super cozy!

The children's clothing section has plenty to look at, including a beautiful black and floral patterned skirt! 

 And of course, my favorite find at the Market! Though, this find, was just for pets and scratches, not to take home.

The King of the Really Really Free Market! SANDY! 

I hope you enjoyed looking through the photos, if you didn't find anything in the photos that sparked interest, I hope you found inspiration to come take a look at the next Market! Every market is different and you truly never know what you will find!

With light and love,

Kristina Leis

We are looking for a volunteer Blogger!

We need someone to write once a month--or less, or more, but on the average about once a month. The posts can be a few lines or many paragraphs (and photos).

The posts can be about stuff found at the market, about your experiences, interviews with visitors, unusual finds, how the market works, or tips for frugal living and waste reduction. The only requirement is updating the market dates once a month and putting up announcements for changes in the market when necessary.

We also welcome once-only blog contributions. 

Interested? Write to us at rrfmarket@gmail.com

What kinds of things can you find at the market?

The list is endless. But here are some random things from past markets:

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We only photograph a fraction of the things that come to the market. For example, we often forget to photograph electronics! And pet stuff! And food!

                                          

Send us your market photos!

 Here is an impressionistic snap, courtesy of a market regular, Tim. We love those!

The ones below are from what the market looked like *before* our 10 am opening. 

Send us more!

The market continues indoors! Bring stuff that can become Christmas gifts!

With the weather getting a bit nippy, we have moved indoors to the Clubhouse again. If all goes well, and the volunteer commitment remains steady, we intend to continue through the winter.

When the hockey season starts it will affect the physical size of our market (December to April markets), so keep that in mind when you are trying to decide what kind of carrier to bring with you. Too many shopping carts can clog up a small area. We hope that only people with physical challenges will bring carts, and that the rest with suffice with backpacks or shopping bags.

Want to see what people found at our last market?

Check out and follow our Instagram account: reallyreallyfreemarket. 
Do you  have market photos to share? Email us and well post it on Instagram. rrfmarket@gmail.com

Check out photos from yesterday's market!!!!!!!

Thanks to all who made it out on a sunny funny fun day! Free lovvvvvvvvvve always!!! 

Photos courtesy Shenglong You