The Myrtleford Op Shop has received a $400-plus donation for Rachael Lovell and her family, who held a garage sale at their Myrtleford home on Friday and Saturday of the AFL grand final long weekend.
The funds will be passed on to the oncology unit at Northeast Health Wangaratta, which is the Myrt' Op Shop's charity of choice.
"I've been arranging items for the garage sale since February this year, because I was nesting at the time," Ms Lovell said.
"This stuff was going to the op shop anyway, so instead of carting the items across town multiple times, I held a garage sale in the op shop's honour and I was able to drop the money off afterwards."
Ms Lovell said her daughter Jemma Martin was a huge help throughout the process, which has really helped to declutter the house.
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"I had really good responses from everyone who dropped by and on the whole it was a positive event," she said.
"In total, we probably got rid of about half the things I was hoping to get rid of.
"Whatever didn't sell, I'll be packing up and taking down to the op shop this week: then I get to have my car-port back."
Myrt' Op Shop manager Dee vanRoevan said Rachael's garage sale was very helpful, with the recent donation bringing the fundraising tally for the year up to $5050.
"Rachael and her family did a great job," Dee said.
"It was such a nice thing to do; no-one's donated to the op shop that way before.
"Our donations go to the oncology unit at Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW), with the funds directly handled by staff to put towards day-to-day supplies and make their day unit run smoother.
"The Myrt' Op Shop has been open for six-and-a-half years, but for the past 12 months our donations have gone to NHW's oncology unit.
"The charity we were raising funds for disbanded, so we had to find another charity to donate to.
"The oncology unit were amazing with my partner; absolutely amazing, that's why it ended up being our charity of choice.
"I'll be forever grateful to them."
