Stylish Saturday

Happy Saturday! My weather app tells me it’s going to be a sunny and clear Spring day (but watch out for the pollen.) Here are three indoor activities that might entice you away from nature walks or yard work:

Check out the Sustainability Clothing Swap at Freetown Farm/Community Ecology Institute from 11 am to 1pm.

CEl's Green SEEDS interns invite you to a Sustainability Clothing Swap at Freetown Farm (8000 Harriet Tubman Ln) on Saturday, March 16th from 11am - 1pm. Bring clothing you're ready to part with and a bag to bring home your clothing swap finds!

New and gently used clothing only. No undergarments, please.

This clothing swap is part of the interns' Climate Action Plan Project -

Strategy: Expand the Use of Sustainable Materials and Reduce Waste Generation and Disposal

Action: Reduce the use of single-use items, particularly plastics and promote waste reduction and reuse throughout Howard County.

Columbia Moms of Multiples is back for another year of their Children’s Consignment Sale at Cradlerock Elementary School.

If you have purchased a VIP pass you can enter at 7:30am. Free public admission starts at 8am. Half-price shopping is from 12-1pm.

Atholton High School’s Becca’s Closet student group, in collaboration with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, are holding their annual free promwear event today from 9-2.

We have over 2,000 dresses, shoes, jewelry, and purses all for FREE. This is truly an amazing event that we work so hard for all year and we would love to see a great turnout, spread the word!

The event organizers have posted photos of the items on offer in a variety of places on social media: this is quite a haul!

I just realized that all of these items are clothing oriented. Let me know of other events this weekend that my readers might be interested in and I will share them.

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