The yearly fundraiser benefiting the Oakland Museum of California will be back with COVID safety measures in place after 2021’s online-only affair.
It’s little wonder the 63rd annual White Elephant Preview Sale presented by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board sold out within three hours of availability. Pent-up demand was high to participate in-person in the mega shopping spree that before the pandemic raised more than $2 million over six consecutive years to support the Oakland Museum of California .
“We have an email list of over 8,000 people who are White Elephant shoppers. We’ve kept in touch with them over the past few months about the sale. As you can imagine, putting on any event during COVID is a challenge. We had to play a waiting game as omicron made its way in the community.
Oakland Museum Women’s Board President Renata Dowdakin tries to figure out what the prices should be on a couple of items for a previous White Elephant Sale in Oakland. Dowdakin said recently that flexibility remains part of presenting the annual sale, which will return in-person this year. Dowdakin said the women’s board has for more than 15 years donated items, especially clothing, to St. Mary’s Center in Stockton. That organization serves 750 people, including farmworkers and people who are unsheltered or food-insecure.
At the White Elephant Sale warehouse in Oakland’s Jingletown district, a volunteer with the Oakland Museum Women’s Board takes photos of items for the 2021 White Elephant Sale’s online store.
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