Starship Spring Clean Is Nearly Here!

It's nearly spring - so time to spring clean and rummage through your cupboards (at home, school, your club or office), delve into your garage, clear out your wardrobe or clean your pantry - and all for Starship!

Starship Spring Clean runs from 1-30 September and is your chance to turn your unwanted items into cash to help the children at Starship Hospital.  

By listing and selling your items on Trade Me during September you can donate all or some of the proceeds of your sale to Starship - it's as simple as clicking a button!

Trade Me will even waive your success fees on the sale*.

You can also bid on anyone else's listings as well as a number of "money-can't-buy" experiences, all in support of Starship.

For an easy step-by-step guide to how Starship Spring Clean works visit www.starship.org.nz/springcleanguide

Or if you are familiar with Trade Me then from 1 September get involved at www.trademe.co.nz/starship

Have fun with friends, family or colleagues by getting together to list items on Trade Me. Starship Spring Clean is easy to do...here are some ideas to get you started....(plus we've thrown in a few spring clean-themed gold coin donation ideas that you could do as well).

Spring Clean Challenge - Challenge each person in your family or work place to list an item on Starship Spring Clean.  Have prizes for the items which sell for the most, are the most unusual, or the most worthless (but make the most money)

Trade Day / Trading Table - Get friends, family and colleagues involved by bringing in their own items to trade with each other.  Have a gold coin donation to Starship to be able to use the 'table' and list any unclaimed items on Trade Me for Starship Spring Clean.

Re-gift for Starship - Bring in unwanted gifts and put them to better use by adding to a Trading Table or listing on Starship Spring Clean.

Spring Clean your Pantry - Find that item in the pantry that you haven't used and make something yummy for your friends, family or work colleagues.  Ask for a gold coin donation to sample your fabulous food!

Spring Clean your home and garage - What better time to tidy up and get rid of all those items you didn't want, need or simply don't have space for. List your unwanted items on Trade Me for Starship Spring Clean.

Trade Yourself - What skills do you have that someone else might want?  Bake morning tea for your family, do the gardening for a friend or neighbour or offer to help someone with a task all in return for a donation to Starship.