Score!
Location
New York
United States
40° 42' 51.3684" N, 74° 0' 21.5028" W
See map: Google Maps
Score! is a swapmeet for the NYC community.
Attendees bring their once cherished-though-no-longer-desired items to the event and drop them at the door. Volunteers sort and distribute these items to themed departments, where professional
curators organize these items into boutique-like displays. Attendees have the option to browse each department
and take as much as they can carry. At the end of the day, all leftover items and proceeds
from the event are donated to charity.
Reason:
I have attended several Score! events and the positive effects are hard to miss: It rallies a community of strangers together around a common goal, every attendee leaves feeling like they've won something, it promotes the environmentally friendly notion of swapping and resource-sharing, and it generates money and items for charity! This organization's leaders have done a lot with with their own bootstraps, so I can only imagine what could be accomplished if they received a little extra support.
I have attended several Score! events and the positive effects are hard to miss: It rallies a community of strangers together around a common goal, every attendee leaves feeling like they've won something, it promotes the environmentally friendly notion of swapping and resource-sharing, and it generates money and items for charity! This organization's leaders have done a lot with with their own bootstraps, so I can only imagine what could be accomplished if they received a little extra support.
Organization: Score!
First name: Leslie
Last name: Hermelin
City: New York
Country: United States
