Troop 97 Garage Sale, Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction

Troop 97 in Homewood will have its annual pancake breakfast, garage sale and silent auction at Trinity United Methodist Church on May 11, 2019 from 7 am until noon.

The all-you-can-eat breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice. Bidding for the silent auction ends at 11 a.m. Proceeds go toward programming and materials, including camping gear, for Troop 97.

The garage sale started over 40 years ago when parents were asked to donate a items to raise a funds for troop equipment. Then scouts started cooking pancakes on camp stoves on the church lawn before it became to large and they moved into the Trinity kitchen. The silent auction was added later. The United Methodist Women will hold their annual flower sale at the event.

The sale now brings in truckloads of used goods ranging from furniture to frying pans, golf clubs to glassware. You are sure to find a treasure or two. The event — led by longtime Scoutmaster Steve Lloyd — draws hundreds of people and is now “a fixture in Homewood,.

Tickets are $6 in advance — from any scout in the troop — or $7 at the door. For information about making sale donations, contact Bert Allen at 205-540-5343 or elbertsallen@yahoo.com. Donations will be accepted beginning Wednesday, May 8th.