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Do you have lots of stuff you no longer need and could use the space? It’s time for our annual neighbourhood wide yard sale! Our local retailers will be joining in the fun with a sidewalk sale along Danforth East hosted by the Danforth Mosaic BIA.

DECA is populating a map online to show every
home and business participating in the sale!

Once you sign up, your application will be processed and your location added to the map. We will then send out further tips to help you with organizing your sale and contact information if you have questions.

Sign up to add your yard sale to the map here!

The most successful sales are the ones where the whole street gets involved. For example, Coleridge and the streets surrounding East Lynn Park have all had fabulous street sales in the past. You can too! Talk to your neighbours and ask them to get involved by sharing this year’s poster.

Street sales also get a special highlight on our famous yard sale map. The map will be promoted the day before on this site and through social media. Follow us at:

• Facebook: DanforthEastCommunityAssociation
• Instagram @danforth.east.community

Please also help promote the #DanforthEast Yard Sale through your own networks! The more yard sales we have, the more people will come out, the more successful this neighbourhood event will be.

Check out the current Yard Sale map here!

 

Members of the DECA Green committee are meeting this Wednesday night (April 20) on Zoom to discuss our plans for the market this year.

Farmers’ Markets Ontario manages the farmers and other vendors for the market, but DECA plans the weekly activities and events, promotes the market, and connects the vendors with the community. Let us know if you are interested in organizing this year! Email green@deca.to or just come to our meeting at 8 pm on Wednesday:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85408365087?pwd=ZlEvZTdRVzU5K2ZUVW1LOFZPeUkyZz09

 

Don’t let those periodic bursts of hail fool you — spring has sprung in Danforth East and we are looking to (safely, carefully) come out of hibernation and into some community activities. Here are three opportunities for you to get involved!

1. The 8th Annual Danforth East Yard Sale
We are so excited that the Yard Sale/ Sidewalk Sale is back! We are just looking for a volunteer to help run the yard sale. This person would take on the outreach to the Kidney Foundation, coordinate with the BIA and respond to queries by participants. This person should be available on the weekend of the event (June weekend, date tbd). They will work with our board member Raktim to oversee the event.
If you are able to take on this role, please email info@deca.to.

For more info on the yard sale tradition, check out the BlogTO profile of our 2018 event here:
https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2018/05/deca-yard-sale-toronto-2018/

2. The East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market
DECA Green will be meeting in the third week of April to begin planning the events and activities to accompany the farmers’ market this year. We are looking for people to join us to make connections with musicians, eco groups, kids’ activity providers and more. If you’re interested in joining the committee, email us at green@deca.to

3. Earth Day Clean Up
This one isn’t a DECA activity, but we’re sharing because it’s a great opportunity to get together with some neighbours to clean an area for Earth Day. Clean Toronto Together supports neighbourhood groups with cleaning materials and pickup. From their website:

Clean Toronto Together invites residents, community groups, schools and businesses to spend 20-minutes picking up litter and recycling that’s accumulated in local parks and other public spaces over the winter. Join us April 22-24!

Important information for 2022:

The City has a limited supply of free litter bags to support resident-led cleanups.
Participants are encouraged to bring/reuse their own plastic bags to collect litter and recycling.
Litter bags will be offered to the first 100 groups (of 5 or more residents) who register a cleanup. Eligible groups will be contacted by City staff. Quantities are limited.
Special litter collection will be available to registered participants.
Safety tips and COVID-19 guidance will be provided to all registered participants.
Registration closes on April 15.

Here’s the link to their site and registration:
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/clean-toronto-together/

Join us at our AGM on Zoom to hear what DECA’s been up to in the past year and what we’ve got planned for 2022. We’d love to hear from you at the meeting or via email at info@deca.to. We will be voting on the DECA Board for 2022.

In the DECA catchment* and not a member yet? Click “Become a Member” in our menu and sign up! Membership is a PWYC fee and is valid for one year.

This meeting is this Tuesday March 22 at 7pm. Here is the zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81025783020?pwd=MHJhS3ZJVDNmOFk4dkw0bCtNanhZQT09

by phone:
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada

Meeting ID: 810 2578 3020
Passcode: 472004

About DECA

The Danforth East Community Association (DECA) is a group of neighbours that started working together in 2007 to make our community more vibrant, walkable, safe and fun. We’ve made big changes to our little pocket, starting with our East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market, giving facelifts to a number of Danforth stores and bringing the Danforth East Community Arts Fair to the community. We call ourselves a “community” association rather than a “resident” association because we feel it is important to include residents, businesses, schools, places of worship, and other organizations in the conversations we have about how to make our home on Toronto better for all of its inhabitants.

*Our catchment is between Monarch Park and Main, the railway tracks and Mortimer/Lumsden.