On June 10^th a new kind of event will take place in White Plains. This event is called Really Really Free Markets. It will take place from 12-4pm in J. Harvey Turnure Park, a beautiful park on Lake Street, across from Eastview Middle School. Really Really Free Markets is a community sharing event meant to provide goods and services for free to those who need them.

Really Really Free Markets works by people sharing what they have. Those attending bring stuff that they no longer need or use, such as old clothes, books, pots and pans, video games and CD’s and give them away free to anyone who wants them. This reusing of goods is beneficial on many levels. It allows packrats to clean out their attics and closets those in need to get what they need for free. It also reduces the massive amounts of trash flowing into our ever expanding garbage dumps.

Although everyone loves free stuff, Really Really Free Markets is about a lot more than just goods. It is a free exchange of goods and services. There will be a variety of groups and individuals running interesting and useful workshops, from bike repair and survival skills to healthy cooking and dancing. Along with the workshops there will be a number of performances and art exhibits with acoustic music being performed all afternoon long.

If you are interested in participating in the event, all you need to do is bring a blanket or table with the stuff you are giving away to Turnure Park on June 10^th. We will not however be removing trash that is left behind, so please be prepared to bring anything you don’t give away home with you. If you are interested in doing a workshop, teaching anything, or if you have a particular political cause you wish to promote please contact me at jonathon.booth@gmail.com.

If you need things and can’t pay, your house is full of stuff, you want to learn something new or if you just want to have an enjoyable Sunday afternoon, I urge to you to come to Really Really Free Markets, Sunday, June 10^th in J Harvey Turnure Park on Lake Street.