YACHATS — It’s time to cast an eye on your cupboards and closets to see what you might offer to neighbors at the third “Share Fair” in Yachats.

After the success of two events last year, organizers from Yachats Community Presbyterian Church are again offering an array of free goods and services, plus music and food from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, June 15, in the church parking lot.

The event will offer haircuts for people, check-ups and nail clippings for pets, clothing, home goods, and even bicycle giveaways. The services are provided for free by professionals in the Yachats-Waldport area, and the merchandise is all donated by community members.

Sponsored by the church and Don’s Place, the homeless shelter on church property, the fair is “Open to everyone, not just the unhoused,” said Sally Pravel of Yachats, one of the organizers and a Don’s Place board member. “Everything will be free to everybody.”

All goods and services will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Live music and a free lunch will be part of the mix. In case of bad weather, the fair will be moved inside the church.

The Yachats Lions Club is donating reading glasses, and Waldport’s Green Bike Coop is providing 10 bicycles as giveaways. A local counselor is offering a “listening table.”

“We’ll take almost anything except furniture and large appliances,” Pravel said.

The biggest needs are for new or clean clothing, waterproof jackets and footwear, towels, bedding and kitchenware such as pots and pans, cups and plates. Personal hygiene products are also welcomed, along with children’s toys.

Donations may be dropped off at the Presbyterian church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Anyone who would like to offer services or have donations possibly picked up may call Pravel at 541-517-3625. Those who use Facebook can send a private message to Pravel’s page.

“This is a labor of love that we want to keep going,” Pravel said. Last fall, when the second fair was staged, some 60 lunches were given away, and “a couple of hundred people” turned out to enjoy the event.

“It’s a chance to meet some neighbors outside your usual group,” she said. The last Share Fair in September “turned into a concert vibe,” she reported. “People did genuinely mingle. It’s a real community day.”

— Cheryl Romano/Lincoln Chronicle