On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 12:00 Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr@757.org> wrote:
Much thanks Jeff to you and allthe volunteers! Fun day, chatting with everyone is half the fun! I agree the food was good and convienient.
Would it be possible to get a designated smoking area or something in the future? A vendor next to us decided to smoke a big joint twice during the day. I feel it looked bad for the event and could negatively impact sales in the vicinity. I didn't raise a fuss, not sure the rules just left area for a while and came back later.
I wasn’t aware of this issue. I will make sure that in the future all vendors know that it is a smoke free event and to be considerate of nearby vendors. Sorry to hear about this problem.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2025, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I want to first of all thank all the volunteers whose hard work helped to make this swap meet a success. I want to thank certain individuals who went above and beyond to support me.
Joe Giliberti - Starting two months before the swap meet he selected, tested and priced all the VCF surplus items, selected items for the free pile, helped load the trucks at night and unload the trucks in the early morning hours and in so many other ways over the past few weeks.
Emilio - Helped to organize and put shrink wrap on the racks, spent hours at the ticket table and the front desk and in many other ways.
Tom Gesell - Helped two days before the event reorganize the free pile racks so that they would be easy to wrap, helped at the ticket desk, front desk, loading and unloading during breakdown.
Ken Gober - Spent hours watching the back entrance to direct people to the front entrance. Helped with loading and loading the UHaul truck.
Doug Crawford - helped watch the VCF surplus racks and free pile racks.
Rich Bauman and Andy Bodnar - Directed parking. They did an excellent job!
Rick Lewis - Managed the front desk, put out the yard signs, picked them up, picked me up at the Uhaul rental place both times.
Steve Lagotte and many others names I didn't know and helped support me and the other volunteers with the breakdown and unloading.
Thank you buyers! We had a record number of buyers this year. There was a 74% increase in buyers from the previous swap meet. We had held steady for 5 years with the same number, but this year we had a growth spurt with lots of new people.
Thank you vendors! We had a record number of vendors this year with a 76% increase than previous years.
The great weather helped a lot, but word seems to be spreading about how great our swap meet is.
Everyone who I talked to was very happy with their success in buying and selling.
I hope that everyone liked the Fire Museum food truck. I personally thought their food was great!
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF Fundraising Manager
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